Moving Meditation If you find it hard to sit and meditate, why not try moving meditation - or stillness in action as it has been called? This time you're doing something active to clear your mind. You can reach the relaxed alert alpha state through all kinds of movement - dancing spontaneously or with learned steps, running playing tennis. T'ai chi and yoga are forms of meditation. I sometimes happens by itself when you're engrossed in an activity - when you feel the rhythm or music flowing through you as if you're part of it. You may even recognise it from times when you've been been swimming or playing sports in the past. When you're alone try putting on some favourite music and dancing to it, not bothering about how you look but trying to follow the music as if your body is becoming part of it. Dancing has a doubly stress relieving effect combining the relaxing benefits of moving and listening to music.  Experiment, try different types of music, hip hop, soul, classical or country - things you hadn't thought of dancing to. No need to try complicated steps. It's to let the music move your body and the movement still your mind. Another route to moving meditation is through more formal exercise. Energy Moving · Stand with back straight (not arched) arms by your sides. As you breathe in, raise your arms palms up, stretching out to the fingertips as they reach above your head. Imagine yourself summoning up energy and breathing it in. · On the outbreath turn the palms down and bring them slowly down beside you. · Imagine breathing out your worries and your hands bring your stress levels down . Do this slowly at least ten minutes and feel stress ebbing. Infinity Move your hips in the figure of eight ( a horizontal eight is the figure of infinity). Then let your body sway with it,, arms circling at waist height and lose yourself in this timeless movement. Spiralling · Sitting or kneeling with your back straight and head held high, breather in and turn to the right, reaching out behind you with your right hand. · Move from the hips, head and body moving as one. Stretch your arm back as far as it will comfortably go. Bring your outstretched arm up and reach for the ceiling as you face forward again. · As you start breathing out turn to the left and bring your arm down and across to the left thing in a smooth spiral motion. · Keep breathing steadily as you repeat the movement with the left arm towards the right side.