MEDITATION
March 16, 2008 by Lady Weaver of Yarns/POFFF Master
There are many types of meditation. So if you’ve had trouble with one type, there are others to try to suit your lifestyle and personality.
The main types of meditation are those which you do by yourself.
- Walking meditation. You focus on placing your feet as you walk. There are other types that have a broader focus - simply on being aware (mindful) of feeling yourself in space, on what crosses your path, on allowing what arises in your mind to arise and flow on. This can be done with other activities, such as canoeing, biking, swimming.
- Seated meditation. You might focus on your breath. You might focus on an object, like a candle. Again, thoughts arise and you allow them to arise and flow on.
- Movement meditation. Can be a walking meditation. Can begin seated, lying down, or standing, allowing movement to arise from your core, from the breath. In some cases, you allow the movement and sounds (laughter, crying, growling) to come out that your body needs to release. This is both healing and balancing. See Katsugen
- Creative Arts Processes. These can actually be forms of meditation when the focus is on creating a piece of pottery, a drawing, a poem, a journal entry in which the thought process falls away and one is present with the creating. Or, it may be following a piece of music with the mind.
Some people, actually a great many people, have difficulty with meditating on their own, especially in the beginning. If you’re one of these people, you might want to try meditation-in-relationship.
This is meditation in which you work with a teacher or guide. The focus arises from within you and the teacher gently guides you through questioning and sometimes healing touch to follow it.
Some types of meditation-in-relationship are or can be:
- Rosen Method Bodywork
- Reiki
- CCT, Crystalline Consciousness Technique, whether done in a self-healing session, or with a CCT practitioner, you get in touch with your inner source which directs the focus of the session and culminates in intentions.
- Healing art meditations via video/DVD or specially created for youtube.com Check it out
- Katsugen, Authentic Movement, Tai Chi, Chi Kung. Movement meditation done in a class situation or at least with a teacher.
Look for practitioners in your area.
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