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Finding the Still Point: A Beginner's Guide to Zen Meditation John Daido Loori
Publisher: Shambhala Publications, Inc.

The still point is a The other important thing we can do is to engage in what in the Buddhist tradition is referred to as metta practices. #zensperiment Illustration This week I'm attending a beginner's Zen meditation lesson so if you see a girl floating down the street in a robe chanting “Om,” it's probably me. A Guide to Meditation for the Rest of Us; Sitting gear, if you'd like: In the Zen tradition of meditation, one sits on a pillow, or zafu, while you and the pillow are on top of a larger mat, or zabuton. I've posted a beginner's guide to meditation. This Use the breathing as your anchor; even if you find you've mindlessly counted to 25, just go back to one. If you're still on the fence, this might spur you to start meditating. Q: Some forms of yoga specifically guide people to feel the body between yoga poses, where much of that sensation can often be accessed. But no longer; scientists have established that meditation, if done regularly and for long enough, is linked to the brain being able to process information faster. Find out why I'm venturing on this journey inward — and join me! I picked up a little book from the library called, Finding your Still Point; A Beginner's Guide to Zen Meditation by John Daido Loori. At this point, try counting in out one, in out two, etc. Zazen is the foundation of all Zen practice-- all that you read, do and think should ideally center around this specific practice of meditation. While the finding will likely make those who meditate smile smugly and say "I told you so", you should attempt to rise above it with Zen-like calm. After all, it might do And now I need a beginner's guide to relaxation. But not all yoga When the pause becomes really significant, that is, physiologically, when it really pervades the body, it's called the still point, to use a term from cranio-sacral theory. 3/15/12 9:56am Except for the part where I still find it freaking boring. On a walk to the bank one afternoon, it suddenly dawned on me that I wasn't nearly interesting enough to warrant a series of stories on my experiences sitting still in a room. Zen meditation is called Zazen.