Hard to say, both because I haven’t been sticking very hard to any specific style of meditation, and also because the amount of meditation I’ve done has varied a lot, depending on various life circumstances. There was a time when I’d meditate for several hours a day; these days I do less formal practice (I try to go for at least twenty minutes a day), but I tend to also incorporate meditation into my daily activities and routines and maintain a level of mindfulness throughout the day. I tend to easily slip into a meditative state in the morning, after waking up but before getting up from bed, and might spend an hour or two that way.
Yeah, I’ve done Vipassana which I’m pretty sure has made the practice a lot easier.
Nice. Just curious, how much did you do, and why’d you stop (if you did)?
Hard to say, both because I haven’t been sticking very hard to any specific style of meditation, and also because the amount of meditation I’ve done has varied a lot, depending on various life circumstances. There was a time when I’d meditate for several hours a day; these days I do less formal practice (I try to go for at least twenty minutes a day), but I tend to also incorporate meditation into my daily activities and routines and maintain a level of mindfulness throughout the day. I tend to easily slip into a meditative state in the morning, after waking up but before getting up from bed, and might spend an hour or two that way.
I haven’t actually done very much pure vipassana; instead I’ve found tranquility meditation, “just-sitting” zazen, and most recently metta more rewarding.