shower meditation

any time i take a shower, i always play music in it. it's the perfect little acoustic chamber and really elevates an already peaceful experience.

but i recently started doing something which has brought me even more peace... every so often, when i shower, i'll stay in it at the end. i'll sit down, having turned off the water and queued up a playlist of certain ethereal-type songs (cocteau twins, mazzy star, etc), i'll close my eyes and just... do nothing.

ok, that sounds really boring but i've never been the type of person able to fully clear their mind. i always have something to think about, and i remember wishing as a kid that i could, even for ten minutes, be able to think about nothing.

and for me (at least) that is MUCH easier said than done. it's something i still can't really do. but, for however long i sit in that shower, my body is... somehow able to turn off. i become one with my surroundings.

this may sound like a really weird random thing to do, but, it works for me. it brings me so much bliss and heaven that i wish i had done this years ago. but i'm so glad to have started it now!

i titled this article "shower meditation" because this does feel like some form of meditation to me. even though i may be blasting music (which might interfere with my senses), i'm able to sit down, eyes closed, clear mind, at peace. it's something i haven't really experienced before.

anyways, i wrote a teensy bit more about it in this little poem, but yeah! just wanted to write about this a tiny bit and hopefully share it because i would recommend to anyone.. it's truly so blissful.