Moving Meditation

I am a moving meditator. It is my meditation of choice. The quickest way for me to become aligned with what is around me. The easiest way for me to accept what just IS. The easiest way for me to accept myself as I am.

Hiking, kayaking, running... within minutes of starting any of these activities my mind clears. My brain stops chewing over whatever it was chewing on. If there is an "answer" to come, this is when it will arrive in me. I have clarity of inner voice. I can HEAR that inner voice and there is no questioning of it, no trying to unpack it and examine it from every angle.

Frank, our wise teacher back in Toronto suggests doing whatever it is that "gets you there - that gets you to that point" and also suggests to practice other methods as well.

I like guided meditations (like in Frank's class!) and can go along with them quite easily. I still struggle with my focus when in still meditations, though. I enjoy being still, but my mind tends to wander without me even knowing! I'll catch it and then feel as though I'm starting back at square one of the meditating again. Not sure if I actually am, it just feels that way. There feels as though there is a wee bit of success (if you could call it that) when I do catch it, but that is quickly followed with the feeling that I need to "begin again". Maybe that is the trick? To "begin again" in each moment? Perhaps I'll give that a go as a mantra for the next while!




-j