Meditation

There are so many doors which we can use to be aware: we may start paying attention to our breath in this moment, or paying attention to the way we walk, the way we are lifting our foot and placing it on the floor and feeling the texture and the temperature of the ground, or listening to the sound of the running water, or openly listening to our friend without immediate analysis of the conversation, or listening to the music, or eating with total attention to the food, or allowing our body to dance freely – whatever we are doing with mindfulness is meditation.

Meditative way of perceiving life can easily become our day to day experience.

The moment we are present – we are immediately in the state of no mind. Dancers, athletes , musicians, artists, writers are experiencing it all the time – when they are fully immersed in the process they may disappear in the flow or being in the zone.

To be in the state of mindfulness it`s simply to be aware of whatever it is
manifesting in this moment with no judgment. Awareness is always present no matter if we meditate or not. When we practice mediation we become aware of awareness.

We don’t necessarily practice mindfulness to improve our personality or achieve better state of mind, although it may significantly enhance the quality of our life. It is scientifically proven to be of a big help and often a complete cure for so many things such as: health issues, concentration, stress and anxiety reduction, addictions, depression. It helps to create more peaceful, balanced and compassionate relations with our self and others.
When I wasn’t familiar with meditation I had an image of a Buddhist monk
sitting still with crossed legs and closed eyes. I suppose many of us do have
similar images that represent stillness and peacefulness.

Later on I realised that Meditation is a very natural way of being.

And there are countless, powerful, life changing practices from many traditions. Meditation techniques can be passive, active, or a mixture of both.

Passive Meditations

In Passive Meditations we openly observe whatever is arising: all thoughts,
emotions, sensations. The moment we put our mind in rest and stop trying to change anything, or analyze our thoughts, there is acceptance. The thoughts and emotions still may be there, but more on the background. It may give us the instant sense of infinite presence with no limitations. Passive mediations require a little bit of patience in the beginning as we don’t use to sit quietly and do nothing. By practicing more and more, it becomes natural to put our mind in rest. Once we know the knack of mediation, we can use it in all situations – alone or around people. There is no need to be in a meditation room, we can find this inner silence even in the middle of a life turmoil.

Active Meditations

In Active Meditations we are opening the “lid”: we go “mad”, we dance, we
shake, we cry, we laugh, we scream out all the repressed emotions, we allow our selves to express our most uncivilised, row sides … and at the same time we witness whatever wants to be manifested. It is an enormous liberation to be able to express the dark sides and not being judged for it. In Active Meditations we gradually building up the energy and clearly seeing all the emerging thoughts, emotions, sensations for what they really are – they are fleeting phenomena’s, never stable. But there is something which is always aware of them coming and going. That’s where we put all our attention.

When I started Osho Dynamic meditation – it was like a bomb that exploded
inside me – it cracked me open. I saw some very powerful forces inside – the Me I knew was slowly and surely falling apart. I saw that all my believes, and especially the main believe of who I was, were artificially constructed over the years. Nothing seemed to be the same anymore. Dynamic meditation was like the greatest ignition of a motor inside me that was asleep.

Meditation is the most natural way of being, and once we experience the
spacious presence through practicing, there is a strong call to explore and
inquire more into who we really are beyond our constructed self. The main Mediations I facilitate are from Osho Meditation Resort in Pune, India and Vipassana from Buddhist Monastery in Chiang Mai, Thailand.

To read more on Meditations we practise, please visit Osho.com

Mediation weekend – It is a beautiful exploration of several Active and Passive Mediations.

Our recommendation

Mediation weekend:

• 7 days silent retreat – a deep emersion into the World of Meditation.
• Classes are 1h – 1h.30 min each