Many years ago I was lucky enough to visit a Buddhist Monastery in Honiton. It was an amazing experience meeting the monk and learning all about them. We were also taught meditation.  Quiet meditation and also walk meditation. We walked along gravel paths in a slow steady pace that helped to slow down the mind and body.  Since then I find meditating a great help, it calms my stress, clears my mind of negativity and I find I feel refreshed and content within myself.

Have you ever done any meditation, I would love to hear about it, which method do you prefer?

In this poem I look at different methods of meditation and nature healing. 

Meditation

To sit and contemplate

is good for the soul

clearing one's mind

of all that's unnecessary

feeling uplifted

rejuvenated

whether sat cross legged

or comfortably on a chair

lilting soft music

a gentle beat

panpipes

sounds of nature

or sweet silence

a steady rhythm of walking

can calm the mind

send you into a trance

gentle beating of the march

this is still meditation

yet for some

moving a warm disc

metaphorically 

around the body

with the power of the mind

warming along its route

channelling the mind

can really work for some

there are as many ways

to meditate

as there are different

cultures.....

that all work the mind

thus calming the soul!

© Lissies Poems 2014