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.
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Sunday, April 8, 2012
Standing meditation
Standing meditation involves standing with your hands grasped behind your back or in front of your abdomen. You should close your eyes. Try to feel your body in space, from head to toe, and note, "standing, standing." You can focus on the abdomen rising and falling as you do in the sitting meditation. At some point you may find that heaviness moves up your legs or you feel them becoming warmer. Note these sensations until you no longer wish to stand. When you are finished, you can move into another posture, such as walking or sitting, and alternate with these postures being careful to maintain the continuity of mindfulness that you have developed.
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