We Must Be Still And Still Moving

Breathe out ..... breathe in ...... follow the breath and see the thoughts float by. Label them 'thinking' and return to the breath.

I am checking out some Buddhist breathing meditation techniques after having put them on the shelf to go through clairvoyant training. It's interesting to return to them after 1,000+ meditation hours using different techniques.

I think I am most struck by the contrast between stillness of mind and body and mental chatter and physical distraction. To be still and still moving can be very challenging - I've done it in the past by stuffing my physical sensations into a sock somewhere and bribing my body into submission telling it 'just shut up now i'm going to fix things for both of us' and yet the body has a wealth of wisdom that really ought not be ignored.

I learned through my training how the body and being can communicate - what parts of the energetic structure facilitate the communication and I definitely learned how to listen to my body. But missing through all of this was how to work with the body in a meditation space, how to address the aches and pains, the physical distractions. Yoga is ultimately a preparation for meditation but here in the West we still think about it as a means for achieving the 15" waist.

This could be something very interesting indeed - I wonder now if I honored my body's information and actually worked with it instead of acknowledging and shelving it how different my life might be ....