Stillness of body

When we meditate we are not ‘doing’ anything with the body. Movement is an activity of the body. In meditation the body like the mind is being still. So when you meditate try and sit as still and as quietly as you can. Stillness of body and mind brings us to unity and this is the beginning of the journey to union. We need some way to help us to that stillness because the mind in particular is so active, so restless. We are given the mantra to help us, a single sacred word to repeat continually in the mind, in the heart, to sound it, listen to it and recite it from the beginning to the end of each meditation.

The Selfless Self by Laurence Freeman OSB