Many people assume that the perfect meditation posture is a seated one. However, sitting is just not the one method to meditate. Meditation standing up is an equally powerful method to deepen our sense of grounding and present moment awareness.
This standing meditation script is a brief practice to make it easier to quickly drop into this present moment. It can enhance our senses of alertness, awareness, and grounding. It may further profit you by calming and quieting the mind.
Use this script to your personal practice or when guiding others. May or not it’s a simple method to make it easier to reconnect with the here and now.
Here’s a Sample of the “A Standing Meditation Script for Presence and Grounding” Guided Meditation Script:
Standing meditation is one of the powerful ways to get our minds to decelerate.
Think of what our bodies are used to doing once we’re simply standing. We’re often standing in line… something… having an alert conversation.
We very rarely stand and do nothing.
Standing brings our bodies and minds into alertness. In this fashion, standing meditation is one in every of the quickest ways to bring ourselves into the current. It’s a superb method to recharge our battery.
If you’ve never done standing meditation before, don’t do it for greater than 5 minutes at a time. This can get longer when you change into aware of it.
(pause…)
Find a broomstick, a walking stick, a mop or something you need to use to ensure that you don’t lose your balance. The back of a chair will do in a pinch.
Hold the highest of your broom/stick/chair. Place your feet hip width apart.
Look straight ahead. Close your eyes halfway, but not all the best way.
Tune in to your respiration for a number of moments.
Feel the lifting and falling of your belly.
Pay attention to your lower stomach.
How to Use the Standing Meditation Script
This standing meditation script is a flexible practice that could be utilized in a variety of ways. Whether you utilize it for yourself or to steer others, it’s a brief practice that could be easily incorporated into nearly any schedule. Consider the next ideas for using this script:
This meditation script could be read aloud live or recorded. It could be supportive during in-person teaching or when teaching online. Be creative with how you utilize this script to show, allowing it to expand your student’s understanding of what a ‘proper meditation posture’ looks like.
Conclusion
Many of us spend a ton of time on our feet, but most of that standing time gets little or no mindful awareness. This standing meditation script is an invite to heighten your sense of presence throughout the easy (but powerful) act of standing. Allow this script to ground you, to expand your sense of presence, or to be a grounding tool for those you teach mindfulness to.