astrobiologist
Brown Belt
Recently, I was speaking with Master Jay S. Penfil about meditating during class and I was curious what others are doing.
I came up in TSD with a formal beginning and ending to classes. Almost always has been something like a preparation, a salute to flags, sitting in cross-legged or half-lotus stance, meditation for ~30 seconds to a minute, and standing and bowing to instructors.
I have always enjoyed meditating, but not so much when it was 'forced' like it has been in class.
Our school is now independant and we are still finding our way in some things. As to the beginning and ending of classes, I have been mixing it up a little when I teach. I still salute and bow in like before, but sometimes I won't have the meditation. Before class, we may sit and talk for a minute about current news with the school or about our class. At the end of class, I may run everyone through a bit of a moving meditation (like Qi Gong) or just sit and talk for a minute about how class went. I have to say I really like changing it up a little bit like this. I still intend to have meditations, of one kind or another, once in a while in my classes.
I'm just curious what everyone else is doing...
Instructor Graham Lau
I came up in TSD with a formal beginning and ending to classes. Almost always has been something like a preparation, a salute to flags, sitting in cross-legged or half-lotus stance, meditation for ~30 seconds to a minute, and standing and bowing to instructors.
I have always enjoyed meditating, but not so much when it was 'forced' like it has been in class.
Our school is now independant and we are still finding our way in some things. As to the beginning and ending of classes, I have been mixing it up a little when I teach. I still salute and bow in like before, but sometimes I won't have the meditation. Before class, we may sit and talk for a minute about current news with the school or about our class. At the end of class, I may run everyone through a bit of a moving meditation (like Qi Gong) or just sit and talk for a minute about how class went. I have to say I really like changing it up a little bit like this. I still intend to have meditations, of one kind or another, once in a while in my classes.
I'm just curious what everyone else is doing...
Instructor Graham Lau