Sep 24, 2024 2 min read Insights

Understanding the Frictionless Way

Understanding the Frictionless Way: Effortless Meditation You Can Seamlessly Integrate Mindfulness Into Your Life

Yesterday, I published a post where I explained that we can't predict what our state of mind will be at any future time and that those mental states can be challenging.

Today, I explain what we can all do about it without having to find the time and motivation for dedicated daily meditation practice.

You can build a meditation practice without having to change anything. You don't need to do a single thing that you don't normally do. I call this The Frictionless Way. The Frictionless Way is how you practice without having to motivate yourself to sit for 30 minutes on a meditation mat every day.

Frictionless Way Example Meditation Practices

Commuting meditation: Put your headphones on and meditate
Walking meditation: Everybody walks. Put on your headphones and meditate. If you don't walk regularly, start walking. You will be combining the most sustainable exercise practice with an effort meditation practice. The best way to get into walking meditation is with my walking meditation podcast.
Nature meditation: Meditating in nature or on nature. It's a sort of thing we all do anyway. We will look up at the clouds. Focus on the trees, the flowers, the birds, and even if you've just got a plant in your room, you will focus on that.
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Then there's Beditation: meditate when you get to bed, just before you go to sleep, or when you wake up before you get up.

You will need to practice at least one of these main Frictionless Way practices each day. It doesn't need to be the same one. You can do different practices on different days.

Additional Practices to Explore

And there are many other practices that are part of the Frictionless Way. There's checking in and adjusting your posture, Yoga, Nidra labelling unhelpful thoughts Pranayama, meditating on sound and more.