Standing meditation is a Tai Chi technique that focuses your mind, relaxes tension, and cleanses your entire body.
Because of unhealthy lifestyles our bodies have become polluted with impurities that block the internal energy flow inside of our body.
For the internal parts of your body to function properly energy and oxygen needs to be able to flow effortlessly into and throughout the entire body from the tips of your toes to the ends of your fingers.
The Posture To begin, stand with your feet parallel, shoulder width apart, and your knees slightly bent so your feet, knees and shoulders are vertically aligned.
You can place your hands at your side or you can place one hand on your stomach and the other on your lower back.
This hand position should be done for those who would like to make sure that their abdomen is contracting in and expanding out with each breath.
You can also feel the up and downward forces from deep breathing when your hands are in this position.
Keep your back straight as if your head and spine are suspended on a string.
This allows your lungs to breath at full capacity and increased oxygen flow improves cell function of every cell in your body.
The Breathing Close your eyes and begin to breathe deeply.
Visualize the air going in and out of your body.
Count your breaths if you need to, sometimes that can help you maintain focus.
With each inward breath imagine energy from the earth flowing up through your feet into your body and back out through your feet again each time you exhale.
This will keep you rooted in the earth.
Relax Your Body It is very important to relax while you are meditating, so as you exhale release the tension from your neck and shoulders.
Focus your mind on any part of your body that you choose and release the tension with your mind.
It is recommended that you relax your whole body this way.
Start with you toes and end at your fingers.
This visualization technique helps align the entire body.
This Is A Lot To Visualize? Meditation is not supposed to be easy.
It is actually a life long inward journey.
Don't think that you will be a Zen master in a month.
It takes years to master the techniques I am describing in this article.
But don't let that discourage you because you can feel the benefits of meditation at every level of development.
Start with just taking deep breaths.
After five minutes you will begin to feel the benefits of mediation.
What is important is that you start meditating.
Learn the posture and the breathing skills first.
Then learn how to visualize and focus your mind.
Have fun and enjoy this, the last thing it is supposed to be is stressful.
Eventually you will be able to do several visualization techniques at the same time.
Focusing Your Mind Once you have relaxed, focus your mind on your third eye area (the spot in between your eyes) and see how long you can reside it there without wandering in thought.
If a thought comes, just let it go and try to regain focus.
When you can successfully reside your mind there, then try to focus your mind on your energy center which is located 1-2 inches below your naval.
With every breath you take in imagine the energy flowing in to this spot and then exiting back out through the pores in your skin forming a bubble of energy around your body.
Cleanse The Body You can also cleanse your body with another visualization technique.
As you breathe in scan your body and gather the impurities and toxins in your body and exhale them out of your body.
As you can see, standing meditation has many benefits, such as reduced stress overall health.
Seeing them doesn't make you healthier so you need to actually practice meditating in order to feel how great those benefits really are.