Movement Meditation

[tag]Movement Meditation[/tag] could be spontaneous or could involve repetitive patterns as practiced in ancient [tag]Chinese meditation[/tag]. Movement meditation is considered in particular, helpful for individuals who face difficulty in remaining still for sometime.

[tag]Yoga[/tag] is also considered as movement meditation. Certain [tag]yogic Asanas[/tag] like in Surya Namaskara (pose which involves couple of stretches by the body both backward and forward), and Tada-Asana (a pose done by standing upright with left leg placed on the right leg) and in more of such exercises, an individual is actually trained to focus the mind, along with balancing the body and breathing correctly.

Movement meditation can also be done while going about one’s regular day to day activities. While going about one’s daily chores like cooking or swabbing the floor, or in fact, any activity that is being done repeatedly can actually be performed by cultivating mindfulness so that one is aware of his or her body while doing such work. Feel the areas of the body that are tightened and try to loosen them. Once the art of mindfulness is developed while doing simple tasks, it can be applied to other activities like walking or climbing stairs. On the whole, movement meditation clubs breathing and gentle movements for creating a state of meditation. It helps people who wish to reach a meditative state while simultaneously moving their bodies.

Movement meditation actually helps a person in drawing energy from earth which is considered as essential [tag]life energy[/tag]. Movement meditation is best done early in the morning or prior to another meditation technique.