There is a skill that is common to several spiritual practices: Buddhist mindfulness meditation, Focusing, the Application of the Senses from the Spiritual Exercises of Ignatius, the contemplative approach of the Cloud of Unknowing and the Practice of the Presence of God. I call this 'feeling into this body'. I think it confers several benefits: … Continue reading Feeling into this body
Category: Body
Identity
An assertion: my identity — my sense of self, of me — is rooted in the sensations of this body. If these sensations change, e.g. during serious illness, or as the result of an accident (as happened to me when I was knocked off my bike and broke my arm), then my sense of who … Continue reading Identity
Levels of Body Prayer
Relaxation Awareness of the breath Awareness of physical sensations Attend to the ‘stories’ this body has to tell, it's messages; learn to be at home Let this body tell you who you are Let this body be ((in) God) One never moves on from earlier stages, but one moves deeper into them as each new … Continue reading Levels of Body Prayer
What I learnt today
This body can be still even as the mind chatters away. Let this body do the praying.