In meditation, I find that some people just want a recipe they can follow. Just keep mindfully following your breath come what may.
I think for such people things like somatic meditation as a primary method might often be a bad fit, it is too bewildering, requires too much flexibility, too much making-your-own-choices-in-the-moment. But …
In meditation, I find that some people just want a recipe they can follow. Just keep mindfully following your breath come what may.
I think for such people things like somatic meditation as a primary method might often be a bad fit, it is too bewildering, requires too much flexibility, too much making-your-own-choices-in-the-moment. But that's exactly why others - and I consider myself part of that group - are drawn to such practices, because everything is included. Nothing is out of bounds. And ultimately there is no belief, no authority figure to rest on.
(Btw I don't really know how you define somatic meditation, so apologies if I'm giving it a different meaning here)
In meditation, I find that some people just want a recipe they can follow. Just keep mindfully following your breath come what may.
I think for such people things like somatic meditation as a primary method might often be a bad fit, it is too bewildering, requires too much flexibility, too much making-your-own-choices-in-the-moment. But that's exactly why others - and I consider myself part of that group - are drawn to such practices, because everything is included. Nothing is out of bounds. And ultimately there is no belief, no authority figure to rest on.
(Btw I don't really know how you define somatic meditation, so apologies if I'm giving it a different meaning here)