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My very regular practice disintegrated five years ago when I broke up with my partner, moved back to my hometown, witnessed the passing of  my father and an aunt, got a new job and a place to live. Through it all, I could not get myself to sit regularly. I stared longingly at the cushion noticing an unfamiliar and resolute defiance that squelched most efforts to sit there. In an attempt to compensate for this big gap in my practice, I devoted myself to cultivating mindfulness in every other moment of my life. But I missed my sitting practIce and I've been saddened to notice the effects of this absence in my being. 
Recently I met up with a best girlfriend from my high school years. Amazingly over the years she also became a vipassana meditator and told me she had recently made a commitment to sit every day. This inspired me to dedicate myself to sit again and this website is part of my support. I'm working on a two week goal to meditate at least 5 days/wk for 40 minutes each. I'm very determined -viriya! - to reclaim this precious habit.