Meditation is a practice of interiorization that opens the mind and unfolds consciousness. Many qualities arise from this practice. In order for meditation to have concrete benefits and not to flee from physical reality, it is important to be rooted. Rooting is much more than a concept; it is a state of being that can be developed and learned.
- What is rooting?
If you want meditation and work on the mind to bring you concrete results in your life, you must be rooted.
For example, in environments related to the spirituality of meditation, many people use these practices to flee reality, often unconsciously.
However, although often referred to, the idea of rooting remains obscure on the practical side. So what is it really about?
If you ask someone with knowledge about the issue, he might tell you that it is:
To have your feet on the ground
Have strong roots
Being embodied
Being connected
Rooting is simply being here and now with who we are. It is a matter of being connected to the body and to the physical sensations, which always bring us back to the infinitesimal moment.
- The importance of rooting
The meditation allows us to become more aware of the sensations, emotions, energies, and thoughts that run through us. Through this awareness, we develop a certain mastery and clarity towards ourselves. We then open ourselves to the world of the spirit that connects and interconnects past, present, future, potentials, here or there…
This access to interior dimensions gives great creative freedom and transformation, but it is important to remain in the main anchor point of our life: the body here and now that gives reality to all these sensations, projections and perceptions.
Meditation, therefore, aims to unite the spheres of the mind and the physical world, not to dissociate them and to choose one of them. This is why it is necessary to remain connected to the manifested world, through the body.
Rooting is especially necessary when one has difficulty managing his hypersensitivity. Remember that the source of everything is your body. It is your Anchorage to life. It is the incarnate matter of your mind. Your body is the most constant, the safest, and the most stable thing.
Meditation on the body
The body is the incarnate temple of your mind. It is the most stable and constant entity that represents you as soul and conscience. Reconnecting to one’s body allows one to create powerful meditative states for the mind.
“The Spirit is the Horseman and the Horse is the Body”. Meditation consists, among other things; in using the mind to control the body, (the rider directs the horse). However, the body can also direct the mind (the horse can direct the rider): when the rider is stressed and agitated, if the horse takes the controls and walks calmly and serenely, then it will induce the rider a state of calm.
Meditation consists in reclaiming mastery of the mind in order to master your body (and your life), but it is also possible to use the body to transform the mind.
- There are several ways to meditate on the body:
Becoming aware of breathing
Awareness of the physical body
To become aware of the sensations of the body, and the movements of energy.
- The Benefits of Body Consciousness:
It brings back into the here and now
It takes you back to YOU
It allows to concentrate on something constant and stable and allows to let go of the volatile things (thoughts, emotions, sensations, …)
It roots you in life, concrete and physical
All meditators should remember that the body is their embodied life. To, simply, meditate by placing one’s consciousness on the body is of remarkable power and efficiency.
This kind of meditation will allow you to trigger wonderful experiences of awakening, powerful rises of energy, enjoyment, and contacts with very high energies. You may live dozens of very unforgettable experiences in which you may experience states of emptiness and well-being much deeper than you imagined. All this … passing through the body, and doing nothing but observing it.
Try it yourself!
I invite you to meditate, sit, lie, or in a position that is comfortable for you.
Here’s what you need to do:
Focus your attention on your breathing. Make long breaths and expirations.
Focus your attention on your body (mainly the lower part: below the thorax and legs).
Try to pay less attention to your thoughts and emotions; Leave them aside.
Become aware of the resistance that may be present in your body, one by one. Be conscious and attentive to each resistance or tension you feel, with as much gentleness as possible, and try to relax this tension. Normally, the simple fact of identifying a tension and of observing it allows you to release it. The release of the tension makes it possible to leave room to yourself. The more you enter deeply into this relaxed state of observation of the body, the more you will feel present, alive, and rooted.
Do this as long as you want, as long as it is nice. You will feel beneficial in your mind and body.
