There's Always a Barking Dog: A Quick, Guided Meditation to Help You Navigate Distractions As You Meditate

<p>There&#39;s Always a Barking Dog: A Quick, Guided Meditation to Help You Navigate Distractions As You Meditate </p> <p>Navigating Distractions is a master class in meditation. In fact, it&#39;s the entire point!</p> <p>This week&#39;s guided meditation is FREE, BTW. No reason.</p> <p>It could easily be called:</p> <ul> <li><p>How To Handle Noisy Neighbors While Trying To Meditate</p> </li> <li><p>&quot;Barking Dog&quot; and Other Meditation Challenges</p> </li> <li><p>The Power of Being Present During a Storm</p> </li> <li><p>Lessons on Overcoming Triggers in Meditation</p> </li> <li><p>Heather Larson: The Destiny Architect of Your Thoughts (Ok, the AI came up with that one 🤣 but it&#39;s SO on brand!)</p> </li> <li><p>Stop Spiraling with Simple Meditation Techniques</p> </li> <li><p>A Destiny Architect&#39;s Guide to Quieting Your Mind</p> </li> </ul> <p>That last one is my favorite because that&#39;s why I&#39;m here. YOU are the architect of your own destiny and YOU are also the one and only human who can quiet your mind. It&#39;s up to you. I&#39;m just the coach/Reiki Master/meditation teacher who&#39;s here to help you facilitate this commitment to yourself. </p> <p>This week...helicopters, fireworks storms, barking dogs, a jackhammer, a repair guy...the distractions were many. </p> <p>I can&#39;t go live in Walden for God&#39;s sake...</p> <p>Meditating is hard; recording meditations is harder. </p> <p>&quot;So,&quot; I thought to myself, &quot;Let me go see what I have recorded on that hard drive.&quot; </p> <p>THIS. I had a meditation about how to deal with the always-barking dog. 🐩 Which is funny and ironic. It&#39;s also proof that we&#39;re never done learning what meditation has to teach us. (And some of us seem to find the same lesson over and over). </p> <p>🪷 In this episode of Destiny Architecture Guided Meditations, we explore the challenges of meditating with distractions and external noises like a barking dog. </p> <p>Focus on your breath and surroundings for about a minute and a h