Intention Without Struggle
The skillful whitewater kayaker doesn't crash over the rocks, she glides around them.
During a recent meditation retreat, the teacher mentioned more than once, and I wrote down more than once, "Intention without struggle." Our teacher was telling us not to get upset about not reaching a goal, to simply return to the practice, again and again. We could relax in the container of our intention.
First, you set your intention - for a single…