Let's now shift our awareness to the various sounds around us. We'll see what it's like to simply listen without judgement or interpretation as we sit in silence.
Let's see if we can approach our training more like an elegant dance and less like a struggle. As one of the classic analogies points out: pain is inevitable, struggle is optional.
True mindfulness practice can feel like a mental dance, between moments of stable concentration and open-hearted, non-judgmental awareness of everything around us.