We had our Sunday Introduction to Meditation Class at Yoga Bliss today. Today we focused our practice on the tactile field of the body. We drew our practice inspiration from B. Alan Wallace’s Minding Closely: The Four Applications of Mindfulness. Like last week we included two practice periods and a walking meditation.
Alan writes about settling the body, breath and speech into their natural states. He describes this as a process of balancing three essential qualities: relaxation, stillness and vigilance. We could observe the process of our bodies settling by consciously feeling specific areas – feet, legs, torso, arms, neck and head – relaxing. Aaaah, if you’re reading this right now you can take some deep breaths and feel what I’m describing.