Sit: Twenty-Eight Days to a Rock-Solid Daily Meditation Habit
A popular Buddhist teacher guides you through strategies to build and maintain a rock-solid daily meditation practicefrom setting reminders to dealing with setbacks to introducing the philosophical concepts underpinning Buddhist meditation—and everything in between.

It’s widely known that there are many benefits to meditation, particularly if undertaken regularly, but making it a daily habit can be a challenge for many people. Why? Because it takes more than willpower.

Here, longtime meditation teacher and Buddhist blogger Bodhipaksa presents a collection of strategies and tools to help build a rock-solid daily meditation practice into your life. The book is divided into 28 chapters, one for each day.

Each chapter starts with a Practice Reminder, just a few words reminding readers of the importance of practicing meditation rather than merely reading about it. There’s also a link to a web page of guided meditations.

Following that is a Today section, a brief summary of the day’s reading.

Then there’s a Strategies section, which offers suggestions to help readers build the habit of meditating daily. Strategies can be as simple as setting reminders or using a meditation timer, or more involved tools such as changing any belief that you lack what it takes to meditate daily.

That’s followed by a Going Deeper section, with a deeper exploration of some of the Buddhist teachings underpinning our practice, often referring to the suttas, or scriptures, of early Buddhism.

Next is a Journal/Reflection section, which encourages readers to make the content of the Going Deeper section more experiential.

Each chapter ends with a Last Words section, quickly summarizing the Going Deeper section.
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Sit: Twenty-Eight Days to a Rock-Solid Daily Meditation Habit
A popular Buddhist teacher guides you through strategies to build and maintain a rock-solid daily meditation practicefrom setting reminders to dealing with setbacks to introducing the philosophical concepts underpinning Buddhist meditation—and everything in between.

It’s widely known that there are many benefits to meditation, particularly if undertaken regularly, but making it a daily habit can be a challenge for many people. Why? Because it takes more than willpower.

Here, longtime meditation teacher and Buddhist blogger Bodhipaksa presents a collection of strategies and tools to help build a rock-solid daily meditation practice into your life. The book is divided into 28 chapters, one for each day.

Each chapter starts with a Practice Reminder, just a few words reminding readers of the importance of practicing meditation rather than merely reading about it. There’s also a link to a web page of guided meditations.

Following that is a Today section, a brief summary of the day’s reading.

Then there’s a Strategies section, which offers suggestions to help readers build the habit of meditating daily. Strategies can be as simple as setting reminders or using a meditation timer, or more involved tools such as changing any belief that you lack what it takes to meditate daily.

That’s followed by a Going Deeper section, with a deeper exploration of some of the Buddhist teachings underpinning our practice, often referring to the suttas, or scriptures, of early Buddhism.

Next is a Journal/Reflection section, which encourages readers to make the content of the Going Deeper section more experiential.

Each chapter ends with a Last Words section, quickly summarizing the Going Deeper section.
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Sit: Twenty-Eight Days to a Rock-Solid Daily Meditation Habit

Sit: Twenty-Eight Days to a Rock-Solid Daily Meditation Habit

by Bodhipaksa
Sit: Twenty-Eight Days to a Rock-Solid Daily Meditation Habit

Sit: Twenty-Eight Days to a Rock-Solid Daily Meditation Habit

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A popular Buddhist teacher guides you through strategies to build and maintain a rock-solid daily meditation practicefrom setting reminders to dealing with setbacks to introducing the philosophical concepts underpinning Buddhist meditation—and everything in between.

It’s widely known that there are many benefits to meditation, particularly if undertaken regularly, but making it a daily habit can be a challenge for many people. Why? Because it takes more than willpower.

Here, longtime meditation teacher and Buddhist blogger Bodhipaksa presents a collection of strategies and tools to help build a rock-solid daily meditation practice into your life. The book is divided into 28 chapters, one for each day.

Each chapter starts with a Practice Reminder, just a few words reminding readers of the importance of practicing meditation rather than merely reading about it. There’s also a link to a web page of guided meditations.

Following that is a Today section, a brief summary of the day’s reading.

Then there’s a Strategies section, which offers suggestions to help readers build the habit of meditating daily. Strategies can be as simple as setting reminders or using a meditation timer, or more involved tools such as changing any belief that you lack what it takes to meditate daily.

That’s followed by a Going Deeper section, with a deeper exploration of some of the Buddhist teachings underpinning our practice, often referring to the suttas, or scriptures, of early Buddhism.

Next is a Journal/Reflection section, which encourages readers to make the content of the Going Deeper section more experiential.

Each chapter ends with a Last Words section, quickly summarizing the Going Deeper section.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9798890700087
Publisher: Wisdom Publications MA
Publication date: 02/24/2026
Pages: 242
Product dimensions: 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 1.00(d)

About the Author

Bodhipaksa is a Buddhist teacher and author who is originally from Scotland but now lives in New Hampshire. He has practiced in the Triratna Buddhist Community since 1982, and became a member of the Triratna Buddhist Order in 1993. The author of several books, Bodhipaksa also runs Wildmind (http://www.wildmind.org), an online meditation center with a mission to spread compassion and mindfulness through the practice of Buddhist meditation. Most of his teaching is done through Wildmind. Bodhipaksa is the father of two adopted children, and counts his children among his spiritual teachers.

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Contents

Introduction 1

Day 1: Track Your Practice 15

Day 2: Have a Plan B 23

Day 3: Master the Hindrance in Your Pocket 31

Day 4: Tap into the Power of Rewards 37

Day 5: Change Your Self-View 43

Day 6: Keep Yourself Accountable 49

Day 7: Chain Your Habits 57

Day 8: Celebrate the Small Stuff 65

Day 9: Make Practice Enjoyable at the Beginning, Middle, and End 71

Day 10: Consider Every Sit a Good Sit 79

Day 11: Step It Up 85

Day 12: View Challenges and Setbacks as Opportunities 91

Day 13: Adopt a Growth Mindset 97

Day 14: Support Your Practice with Ritual 105

Day 15: Outsmart Your Resistance 111

Day 16: Be Kind to Future You 117

Day 17: Don’t Wait Until You Feel Like Sitting 125

Day 18: Practice in Sickness and in Health 133

Day 19: Don’t Believe Everything You Think 139

Day 20: Surf Those Urges 145

Day 21: Remember You’re Fallible 151

Day 22: Learn to Sit with Pain 159

Day 23: Incubate Your Potential 169

Day 24: Find Your Edge 177

Day 25: Keep Going Through the Motions 185

Day 26: Find Your Deeper “Why” 191

Day 27: To Defeat Mara, Congratulate Him 199

Day 28: Keep Going to the Tipping Point 209

Afterword: The Rest of Your Life 217

Appendix 1: Before and After Sitting 219

Appendix 2: Meditation Instructions 223

Index 231

About the Author 23

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