This blog chronicles the activities of a meditation group in Bancroft, Ontario and provides instruction in insight meditation. Meditation concepts are explained in terms of Western psychology and in terms of the Buddhist concepts from which this style of meditation derives. Dr. Alan McAllister, a psychologist practicing in Bancroft, is the author of the blog and the facilitator of the group which meets periodically for 8-10 sessions twice a year.
Monday, March 26, 2012
Basic instructions for walking meditation
• Find a level path approximately 20steps long away from distractions.
• Specify a length of time for the meditation.
• With a softened gaze, look about six feet ahead of you.
• Without looking, put your mental attention on the movement of the feet, the home object.
• Note “right, left” or “lifting, pushing, placing.”
• If secondary objects arise, note them only as long as necessary, and then return to noting the home object.
• Stop if a secondary object becomes too dominant and interferes with your focus on the home object. Note until it passes away.
• At the end of the path, note “stopping” and “turning” and then resume walking and noting the home object.
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