Zen Meditation

What is Zen Meditation?

Zen Meditation is a psycho- spiritual therapeutic practice, not only a religious practice.

It is a practice of mindfulness.

Like all Chinese/Oriental Arts, it is a “practice” requiring “practice.”

How to Do It?

• Find a place where you feel safe and secure.
• Find a suitable time to practise every day.
• Wear loose clothing.
• Set a timer.
• Burn some incense if you like.
• Sit in a comfortable position.
• Keep your back straight but not stiff.
• Put your left hand on your right palm if you are a man.
• Put your right hand on your left palm if you are a woman.
• Let your eyes rest on the floor about a meter in front of you.
• Let your eyelids almost close, but let a little light in.
• Relax your whole body including your face.
• Let the tip of your tongue rest behind your top teeth.
• Rock gently from right to left allowing your body to come to a gentle stop.
• Take 3 slow deep breaths in & out through your nose.
• Now let your breath find its own rhythm — it will become quite slow.
• Let your attention rest on your breath — feel it coming in and feel it going out.
• When you realize your attention has drifted away from your breath, gently return it to your breath.