Moving Meditation

Meditation in Motion

Moving meditation (or meditation in motion) refers to the coordination of a physical practice with the breath, plus cultivation of awareness, presence, openness and non-judgment. 

• At minimum, to teach asana as meditation, teach each movement with an inhale or exhale.
• When holding a posture, you can guide the focus to the breath. This can be simply noticing the breath or it can be counting to a particular proportional length of inhale to exhale (equal length or longer exhale, for example).
• Even while holding a posture, students can accompany each inhale with spinal length and each exhale with deepening into pose, for instance.
• In addition, you can guide students to focusing on body or breath awareness, inviting all thoughts, sensations and feelings to arise and pass without judgment.