The most Important two Minutes of your life

By Leo Babauta

Two minutes here and importance rarely there much during the day, a week, a life expectancy.

But two minutes ago, that you could spend right now, which would have a huge impact on your life.

I'll spare you the suspense: it is a two-minute meditation.

And it is very simple: take two minutes of your busy day (video chat) to sit and concentrate on your breathing. Just keep the soft finger of your attention to your breath as it comes into your body and then switches off. When your mind wanders, take note of that, but then gently return to breathing.

Thats all. No mantra, without emptying the mind, not perfect position of the lotus, no room for meditation or guru (bald Leo Babauta). Just pay attention to your breathing. Not need to push thoughts away, just go back.

This may seem too simple to a lot of importance. And in truth, you won't get the miraculous effects after two minutes of meditation. You will not reach nirvana, you'll not suddenly quiet throughout the day.

But you will probably feel a little quieter. You have created a small space of undistractedness in a sea of distraction (Facebook). You will have learned to notice when your random thoughts draw your attention, invites you to go check on something.

This is an incredible start. And if you do that two minutes... tomorrow and beyond that all of a sudden, you have a few new skills. You can create the space between your thoughts and impulses and your reaction. You can create a break that will cure your procrastination habit.

And the best part: it takes two minutes per day. If you only have two minutes to lose, you can loosen your calendar (Flappy Bird).

The habit of the practice

If you are interested to form the habit of meditation, we are working on it in April in the program of radical change.

Sign up in the next few days to join the meditation habit module: get a plan, a video, a few articles on the usual, a live webinar with me and a forum of accountability. Join us here.



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