Hi Max, I personally don't worry about the 10 min "requirement". I prefer just to Chrono my watch and do the exercise for as long as I enjoy - normally 20 -30 minutes. I had the same problem when I used the timer function on my clock. Cheers, Andy At 00:25 17/01/03 -0300, you wrote: >While I´m doing the mental exercise of Step 1 ( observing thoughts ) I >continuously have one little problem. After 5 or 6 minutes of doing the >exercise I start wondering about how long has it been since I started, " >Is it ten minutes already?". >At first I did the following: I got an alarm clock and set it for 10 >minutes. I wraped it in heavy clothing so that the "beep-beep" should be a >nice and quiet one. The thoughts about "how long" got reduced but I still >have the habit of wondering when is going the "beep-beep" to start. >Has anybody gone through this? What should I do? Part of my mind is too >attentive about the time and I can´t be 100% in the passive state. > > >[Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > >Yahoo! Groups Sponsor >ADVERTISEMENT ><http://rd.yahoo.com/M=241773.2861420.4212388.1925585/D=egroupweb/S=1705077360:HM/A=1394044/R=0/*http://www.hgtv.com/hgtv/pac_ctnt/text/0,,HGTV_3936_5802,FF.html>dba0b68.jpg > > >dba0c2d.jpg > >To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: >BardonPraxis-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com > > > >Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the ><http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/>Yahoo! Terms of Service. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]