WHY YSK- Many people practice mindfulness and meditation as part of their lives, and some would like to but feel like they don’t have time to sit down and meditate properly. Once you’ve gotten used to doing it as a part of your daily activities, it becomes easy to simply take a few breaths and gain some peace from your everyday existence. You don’t need to wait for a time when you can sit and clear your mind completely. It’s a nice bonus, but not necessary for living a mindful life.
I’ve always had trouble falling asleep and I recently started focusing on trying to “see” things while lying in bed with my eyes closed. As in, letting my mind try to associate the slight variance in shades of blackness with imagery; the same as people do with clouds.
It’s a kind of meditation because it requires focus and actively prevents wandering thoughts. It’s one of the most successful methods I’ve found to prevent my mind racing for hours. It often induces a kind of lucid dream like state too… When the vague imagery transitions to a vivid scene, it feels like peering through your 3rd eye into your dream state from the real world.