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Why I meditate standing up — and why you should try it too
Like many people I am convinced by the benefits of meditation as described by so many studies and espoused by a range of admirable personalities.
Also like many people I have struggled to meditate. Even when I have kept a regular practice there are days when I sit to meditate and I essentially go to sleep, or repeatedly get lost in reverie.
However when I meditate standing up this is rarely the case. Subjectively I find that it takes a shorter time to settle into a deep sense of stillness, quietness and focus. I illustrate this with some EEG derived graphics below.
If your experience of seated meditation has been like mine then you may want to try what I describe below, perhaps especially if you are a frustrated ex-meditator.
What is this exercise and how can you do it?
This exercise is a single posture from Taijiquan¹ — or Tai Chi. It’s a simple posture, and does not require any knowledge of Taiji² or belief in qi or Chinese medicine or thinking to…
