Tonight I Went to See the Fireworks and Thought About What It Means to Be An American Citizen

The other morning, Facebook put into my feed the answer given by a one of the many yoga teachers among my friends to the question, “what is the first thing you do in the morning?” The answer was “meditate.”

Besides again wondering why people answer these questions and why Facebook would put this in my feed, I questioned in my head, “really?”

I empty my bladder, feed the cat, make the bed, brush my teeth, drink some hot water, and move and stretch a little before sitting down to meditate.

And when I do sit, I first do a body scan and 5-10 minutes of pranayama. I cannot imagine sitting before meditation without most of that except in unusual circumstances.

My morning meditation is, though, before I start engaging in projects or eating breakfast or leaving the house.

What do you do first thing in the morning?

When do you meditate?

I don’t have a thing for new technology.  I had my Blackberry for nearly five years.  I don’t like the learning curve for something that I want as a basic tool.  But the old phone wasn’t working well any more and, because of our societal emphasis on new toys, it had be one nearly obsolete.

This is my first attempt with the new tool. When I step back from my frustration with what I don’t yet know, I can marvel at the technology.