SATchitananda on Nostr: i think meditating on your breath is genuinely the least effective type of meditation ...

i think meditating on your breath is genuinely the least effective type of meditation but its essentially the only one people know, to the point where people just associate breath meditation with meditation in general.

i like to pick a point far away from me and focus my gaze on it. after just two minutes it feels more effective than 30 minutes of closing my eyes and focusing on my breath.

it makes sense because it does the complete opposite of looking at a screen. instead of passively staring at a screen up close, you actively stare at something far away. it re-balances your brain from all the up-close passive reception.

maybe the breath used to be good, but in the age of technology meditation practices need to change to accomodate the dog shit we're dealing with.

seriously do it for just 2 minutes and see how effective it is