15 minutes

Where: Zafu
When: 10:00 a.m.
How: 5 minutes Prayer of St. Francis, 10 minutes breath focus
Notes: My meditation was very scattered today. I tweaked my shoulder last night teaching a class, so that was bothering me and I was fussing over it.

10 minutes

Where: Subway
When: 7:45 p.m.
How: 5 minutes Prayer of St. Francis, 5 minutes breath focus
Notes: The trip home from downtown is exactly ten minutes. The final gone sounded right as I pulled into the station. Not easy to meditate on the subway, but not as hard as I thought.

15 minutes

Where: Zafu
When: 8:05 p.m.
How: 5 minutes Prayer of St. Francis, 10 minutes breath focus
Notes: I seem to be making a habit of pre-hockey-game meditation. I didn't feel focused or calm until the very end of my meditation today.

5 minutes

Where: Zafu
When: 10:35 p.m.
How: 5 minutes Prayer of St. Francis
Afterward: Glad to get it over with; bedtime meditation doesn't seem to work very well for me

15 minutes

Where: St. Lawrence Market 'hood, near the fountain
When: 11:15 a.m.
How: 5 minutes Prayer of St. Francis, 10 minutes breath focus
Afterward: Light and giddy (and somewhat more distracted than when I started)

5 minutes

Where: Zafu
When: 10:00 p.m.
How: 5 minutes Prayer of St. Francis
Afterward: Distracted (afterward and during the meditation)

15 minutes

Where: Zafu
When: 11:43 p.m.
How: 5 minutes Prayer of St. Francis, 10 minutes breath focus
Afterward: Calm