Finding Your Meditative Posture

The focus of this meditation is on finding your own unique meditative posture. Your meditative posture is important and is the starting place of your meditation practice. Take the time now to learn how to settle your body in its natural place. This will enable your meditation practice to be more effective, easier, more relaxed, and more enjoyable.

Relax and Enjoy!

Transcript

The focus of this meditation is on finding your meditative posture.

So move to your starting position by either sitting on a cushion or in a chair or lying down.

The guiding principles are that your spine is straight and that you are comfortable.

Let's initially create a starting posture and then polish it.

So first sit so that your legs are crossed in a way that allows your body to be comfortably upright.

Or if you are sitting in a chair have your feet flat on the ground or if you are lying down have your legs stretched out straight.

Now elongate your spine and find the Goldilocks tension point.

That point where the amount of effort you are expending to hold your spine straight is compensated by the ease which results in your body from holding in this way.

Too much and tension arises due to overexertion,

Too little and tension arises due to collapse.

Find your Goldilocks tension point.

Now take your time to gently relax your face,

Head,

Jaw,

Neck,

Shoulders,

Arms,

Legs,

Shoulders,

Chest,

Back,

Belly,

Hips and feet.

Now that we have manually adjusted our posture let your body naturally polish this by allowing yourself to soften,

Shift and adjust according to your body's disposition in this moment.

Trust your embodiment and come to your completed posture.

Throughout the rest of the meditation now remain mindful of your posture allowing it to shift and change as your needs shift and change.

One last piece of guidance,

Do not fidget.

Yes it is principally important for your posture to be comfortable but learn to become comfortable with the uncomfortable.

If part of your body becomes uncomfortable do not just immediately shift in an attempt to re-find comfort but attempt to allow this new sensation to be held in your mindful embrace.

When and if it then becomes disruptive to your practice you can allow your body to shift into its new posture.

Now enjoy,

Relax and remain mindfully present of your posture.