Mindfulness Meditation: A Guided Meditation on Focus

Hi David, I really enjoy all your classe, but I find really challenging meditating… As soon as I start I feel like a little kid, I get so unquiet, I get itchy everywhere, my back gets uncomfortable, my legs hurt, feels like I have ants under me :( I’m always very busy and I really want and need to learn how to calm my body/mind but don’t know how to get over these initial challenges? Thank you!

Well, I have had a long break and have had to restart the challenge again. Great instructions and very soothing relaxing voice and manner. Thank you.

This is the second time that I have followed this video. Now I am doing the challenge - thank you for making that available. Very relaxing and good instruction.

Your soothing voice and timing were very helpful. Top score for your guidance, but I need to find a better position. I sat comfortably (at first) cross-legged on 4-5 inches of blankets. The meditation went smoothly for a while, but toward the end I got distracted by the increasingly uncomfortable stretch in my legs and an intensifying ache in my lower back.

Wonderful beginning meditation for me.

A wonderful tutorial/intro to focusing/mindfulness through meditation. David is wonderful how he explains mindfulness and meditation. While meditating, he is so helpful with bringing your thoughts back to the meditation. I highly recommend this practice and you can do it over and over again.

Hi David, I really enjoy your meditations and bought them quite some time ago. However it seems the first and second have switched places which makes you tell me to expand my mind first and then concentrate... No big deal as I view acceptance of the order as a challenge, but I figured you might want to know. If there is a chance of altering the order I am prepared to purchase the audios again. So much for acceptance, haha... Namaste

Is day 2 through 4 the same video? Very calming.

This was so nice and unexpected experience! My very first meditation and with your help, David, I managed! I felt my breath coming slower and slower, my body really relaxed and warm, I even didn´t want to end it :) Such a pleasure it was :) Thank you for your help. I love your voice and instructions.

Thank you for getting me started. Meditation is really what I need right now against the stress from work. Nature resonates a lot for me, I loved this first class in the woods and your guidance while keeping silent moments for us to focus.

Amazing - after years of attempting to ‘meditate’, this helped me to calm my mind and focus.

Thank you David for posting these meditations- I miss your voice from Mar de Jade! What an epic retreat! Embrace the Edge is right! I love listening to your calm, soothing voice- it enables me to meditate so well. Thank you for all you and the other instructors offer us!

i learned beginner's vipassana before really yoga-ing and its occurred to me since that it's a bit like getting very very very good at one particular asana :p this class helped me soften the upper back after a long day at work

Thank you so much for this practice, it was perfect for an impatient and busy mind. I found the concept of becoming "softer" very helpful. This class had me surprisingly relaxed and wanting more.

for a well guided meditation. I like the idea of making less effort and becoming softer. Session 2 here we come

First time I felt comfortable meditating. It has always been difficult for me to sit still. Having the small area to begin focus surely helped. Shoulder tightness is much softer now. Looking forward to revisiting this and the other 2 new videos. Thank you David!

This a good icebreaker for a skeptic. Looking forward to the next part.

This class appeared exactly at the moment I needed it today. My key takeaway was not to force awareness, but to simply let it be - something I was able to take with me after the video ended. Thank you so much for this. I'll be thrilled to practice the next two parts of this series.