Dan Harris

Sloth and torpor, sleepiness, which, again, is a huge, has historically been a huge problem for me.

I think there are many ways to work with this.

Jeff listed before, you know, standing up.

It's totally fine if during this or any other meditation you're overcome with fatigue, stand up.

Or...

One of my favorite techniques for sloth and torpor is don't fight it.

It's okay.

Fall asleep.

Lightning is not going to strike you.

Fall asleep.

And somehow for me, the giving myself permission to fall asleep ultimately is a source of kind of liberation from the fatigue.

So let's do a little bit of meditation.

I'll say there are lots of ways to work with each of these hindrances and we don't have enough time to go into all of them.

I'm gonna just give you my general orientation to dealing with all problems, both on the cushion and off, which is to develop a kind of what Joseph calls an inner Dharma coach.

Or what Kristin Neff, who I think is a historically amazing figure and the progenitor of something called self-compassion, she just talks about talking to yourself the way you would talk to a good friend.

I just want to check in again.

I'll start with you, Seb.

What's up with you?

I was not even thinking that.

Don't do it.