Dynamic Meditation

What is Dynamic Meditation?

Even though the word meditation is normally associated with the body in a static, "meditative" pose, the dynamic types of meditation, used nowadays, are also quite popular.

Sri Aurobindo, it is said, used to meditate while walking, while Master Osho, earlier called Bhagwan Rajneesh, introduced his meditation techniques that he named Active Meditations that start with a stage of activity – oftentimes vigorous and physical — followed by periods of silence. Osho insisted that meditation is not concentration.

Techniques of Dynamic meditation

Dynamic meditation calls for a conscious cleansing where you are able to get rid of all repressions, express what you cannot easily articulate in society then easily retreat into silence. Some of the techniques involve spontaneous dances.

Another form of dynamic meditation involves the use of the hands and arms during sitting meditation.



This type of meditation also uses walking as a complementary technique. This teaching is aimed at cultivating awareness of movements of your arms that are moved continuously in a particular pattern throughout meditation. However, the awareness is, not limited to your arms alone, but includes your whole life experience. This type of dynamic meditation is a sort of Vipassana meditation. It is prevalent in many parts of the Eastern world, and is now fast becoming popular in the West, as well.

Tai Chi Chuan is often thought of as dynamic meditation. A common phrase is "movement in stillness", a reference to the lively movements of passive Qigong and Taoist meditation. The converse is "stillness in movement", a state of mind calm and meditation in the Tai Chi form.