{"id":34,"date":"2005-11-17T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2005-11-17T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/chatteringmind\/2005\/11\/tired-of-trying-to-sit.html"},"modified":"2005-11-17T12:00:00","modified_gmt":"2005-11-17T12:00:00","slug":"tired-of-trying-to-sit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/chatteringmind\/2005\/11\/tired-of-trying-to-sit.html","title":{"rendered":"Tired of Trying to Sit?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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There are many ways to meditate. You don’t have to sit in a lotus position for hours, chanting “Om.” That works for some, but not for others. <\/p>\n

More than a year ago, Beliefnet.com producer Lisa Schneider and I created a webpage that will instruct you in fifteen different meditative methods. Most are accompanied by audio guided instruction. If you are not drawn to Zen meditation, or to yoga, you may want to walk a labyrinth. If you do not like to move, you may want to chant. Or you may, as a Christian, feel that the Eastern philosophies don’t reach you as deeply as a Christian Centering Prayer meditation. Or you might be curious to try a Kabbalah method. It’s all there in Beliefnet.com’s meditation sampler<\/a>, a generous menu of ways to center yourself. <\/p>\n

Ironically, Lisa and I found the creation of this package somewhat taxing. Meditation methods are hard to describe with words. <\/p>\n

We are very, very, very pleased that this wonderful opportunity is yours, and off our “tough things to finish” list.<\/p>\n

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