Meditation Technique: Standing And Walking Meditation
The technique of standing and walking meditation complements the more traditional sitting-style meditations. It brings more mindfulness to the present moment. When you open your eyes and begin walking, you begin to embody elevated energy.
Traditionally, there are four meditation postures: sitting, standing, walking, and lying down. By mastering the various aspects associated with each posture, one can regulate internal states irrespective of external conditions and circumstances. Many people feel quite energized and enthusiastic right after doing a sitting meditation; however, as soon as they engage in their daily activities, their awareness decreases, they switch to an automated or habitual mode of functioning, and their energy dissipates. The fruits of their meditation do not last sufficiently long.
The standing and walking meditation brings more mindfulness to the present moment. It is best practiced in nature, where one can remain quiet and undisturbed by the external environment. Advanced meditators, however, in time become able to practice walking meditation amidst the distractions of any public space.
The Technique of Standing and Walking Meditation
Dr. Joe Dispenza provides the following instructions on how to practice standing and walking meditation:
“Begin by finding a quiet space in nature. Disconnect from your external environment and anchor yourself in the present moment by closing your eyes. Acknowledge your heart center, where the soul and heart intersect with the unified field, and bring elevated emotions such as gratitude, joy, inspiration, compassion, love, and so on to this center. If you are going to believe in your new future with all of your heart, it had better be open and activated.
Rest your attention on the heart, allowing your breath to flow in and out of this center—ever more slowly, more deeply, and more relaxed—for about two minutes. Return to creating elevated emotions within your heart for two to three minutes. Radiate that energy into the space surrounding your body in space and stay present with that energy. Tune in to the energy of your future.
After a few minutes, hold a clear intention in your mind’s eye. You might pick a representative symbol that connects you to the energy of your future. Change your state of being with the feelings of these elevated emotions, and focus on broadcasting that new electromagnetic signature into the field. Remain in this state for two to three minutes.
Next, open your eyes, and without looking at anything or anyone, open your focus and keep your awareness of the space around your body in space while maintaining a trance state. Begin walking with your eyes open while you stay entranced. With each step you take, embody that new energy—that new frequency of whatever you’re creating in your future. As you take this energy with you during your waking and daily life, and act as your new self, you are activating the same neurological networks and producing the same level of mind as when you meditate with your eyes closed.
Next, remember your future. Let the images come, feeling them and embodying them. Own them. Become them. Continue to walk for about ten minutes, and then stop to recalibrate. Once again, close your eyes and raise your energy. Stay present with this energy for about five to ten minutes. For the next ten minutes, with your eyes open in trance, walk again with intent and purpose as your future self. With each step you take, embodying this new energy, you move closer to your destiny and it moves closer to you.
Do this cycle two times. When you finish the second round, stop and stand still one last time, really focusing on how you feel with your fourth energy center open. You can use this opportunity to affirm who you are based on how you feel. For example, if you’re feeling unlimited, you can acknowledge, “I am unlimited.” Next, place your hand over your beautiful heart, and be willing to feel valuable and worthy enough to receive what you have created. Raise your energy to its zenith and feel gratitude, appreciation, and thankfulness.
Now acknowledge the divine within you—the energy that powers you and gives rise to all of life. Give thanks for a new life before it’s made manifest.
Acknowledging the power within you, ask that your life be filled with unexpected wonder, synchronicities, and coincidences that create a joy for existence. Radiate your love while loving your new life into existence.”
Source
~Excerpt from the book “Becoming Supernatural—How Common People Are Doing the Uncommon” by Dr. Joe Dispenza. Hay House, Inc., Carlsbad, California, 2017~