15/09/2026
My thoughts won’t stop. Can I still meditate?
Yes.
One of the most common things I hear from people who are new to meditation is:
“I tried, but my mind just wouldn’t stop thinking.”
Many of us assume meditation means making the mind completely quiet. So when thoughts keep coming, we think we’re not very good at it.
But thoughts coming up doesn’t mean you’ve failed.
You might be thinking about work, what you’re having for dinner, something that happened yesterday… and then at some point, you notice that your mind has wandered.
That moment of noticing matters.
You notice.
You return to the breath, the body, or whatever you’re practising with.
And then the mind wanders again.
You notice, and return again.
That too is meditation.
You don’t need to arrive with a quiet mind.
We practise learning to notice the mind we already have.
If you’ve wanted to meditate but thought, “I can’t, my mind is too busy,” this is one of the things we’ll explore together in Learn to Meditate on Sunday, 27 September.