Meeting yourself
Getting quiet and listening deeply to yourself is often not that easy. Especially when it comes to observing your own thoughts for a moment and letting them go. In this interview, meditation coach Michaela Airies explains why it's normal (and even good) that our minds don't always shut down effortlessly. She reveals what it means to meet yourself, what effects meditation can have on our lives, and why it's already worth it to spend even just five minutes a day in silence.
Michaela, you've been practicing meditation for 20 years. How often do you become aware of the effect of meditation in everyday life?
It varies. I rather notice it in certain situations: that I have stopped swearing at people in traffic. That I can stand relaxed at the supermarket checkout without freaking out when I feel like I'm standing in the line that's the shortest but still takes the longest. That I'm not dependent on what's happening around me and that I’ve this feeling that everything is as it should be. I’m also said to be always very calm. I don't think that's always true because no one is serene all day long, but meditation has definitely changed a lot in my life.
