Some meditation traditions encourage a practice of ‘labelling’ thoughts. This helps us to be clearer about the difference between when we’re caught up in a thought and when we are present with the focus of our meditation. At the very moment when you notice you’ve been caught, you can say silently to yourself ‘thinking’, before you return to the breath or other focus. This can be especially helpful when you’ve been off in a daydream, away with the fairies for some time, and suddenly – here you are again in the room. By acknowledging ‘thinking’ at this point, you are bringing in an element of
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