Meditation

The meditation we did in class was not like anything I've done before. I thought I was actually pretty familiar with meditation, but I have only really practiced under a limited set of instructors. I have practiced guided meditation for years now. During these sessions an instructor speaks throughout the meditation suggesting images and guiding you through a sort or journey. I was, admittedly, pretty thrown off in class when we all closed our eyes and the instructor didn't speak! I think that this effected my ability to meditate at the time, since I thought I was going into something a bit different than it ended up being. I am very familiar with the ideas about meditation that our instructor suggested to us prior to the practice, so I was still able to relate. I think it is more difficult to practice quiet meditation rather that guided because it is easier to let your mind wander. In guided meditation you are almost given something to focus on. I am pretty interested to explore quiet meditation further in comparison to guided.