A mindfulness practice is a lifelong pursuit. The stronger your mindfulness is, the better your sitting meditation will be. Likewise the stronger your sitting meditation, the easier it is to be mindful.

Time: 20 minutes Now you’re getting the hang of it! Start each session with a few deep breaths to center yourself. Then spend a few minutes working with metta. Always start with generating compassion for yourself, then spread that compassion out to the rest of the world. There’s no need to look at your timer, instead when you feel you’ve been doing metta for about five minutes, gently move back to the breath. Breathing in, breathing out, until the timer rings.