I am glad you are giving it a shot CW21! The great things about trying meditation are that its basically free, you don't have to believe in it for it to work and results are generally seen quite quickly.

6 minutes to start is just great! I find I do my 20 minutes but at other times of the day I will find myself being mindful of my breathing to help with stress, anxiety, tension or pain and it helps right away. You can break it up!

Let us know how it goes but try not to expect anything specific to happen..... it just will on its own.... if that makes sense!

Mark, there doesn't have to be anything repetitive said in your mind if you don't want. You can just focus on the breath or do guided cds/podcasts that aren' t repetitive. I have the same problem with songs that you have! I haven't listened to a radio in 7 months!

In fact there is very little negative that can happen, in my opinion, from doing meditation. The only thing I've found is that because my form of meditation (mindfulness) involves concentration, I sometimes get a brief head pain when I first start bit it quickly goes away.

I personally think everyone should try meditating for a month, giving it an honest try every day, because really there's nothing to lose except 10-20 minutes of your day and a whole lot that could be gained from pain relief, stress reduction, personal awareness, etc.

Just finished my 20 minutes now its time to go make supper!

CC