{"id":5633,"date":"2018-05-06T19:47:08","date_gmt":"2018-05-06T18:47:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bodhicharya.org\/manyroads\/?p=5633"},"modified":"2018-05-06T19:47:08","modified_gmt":"2018-05-06T18:47:08","slug":"three-reasons-why-an-animal-makes-the-best-meditation-partner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bodhicharya.org\/manyroads\/three-reasons-why-an-animal-makes-the-best-meditation-partner\/","title":{"rendered":"THREE REASONS WHY AN ANIMAL MAKES THE BEST MEDITATION PARTNER"},"content":{"rendered":"<header class=\"masthead masthead-stacked\" role=\"banner\">\n<div class=\"x-topbar\">\n<div class=\"x-topbar-inner x-container max width\">\n<p class=\"p-info\"><span style=\"color: #800000\"><em>REAL PEACE IS POSSIBLE &#8211; WHEN WE ALLOW EACH OTHER ROOM TO BE THE BEST WE CAN<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"x-social-global\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"x-logobar\">\n<div class=\"x-logobar-inner\">\n<div class=\"x-container max width\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"x-breadcrumb-wrap\">\n<div class=\"x-container max width\">\n<div class=\"x-breadcrumbs\"><i class=\"x-icon-home\"><\/i>\u00a0<i class=\"x-icon-angle-right\"><\/i>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/levekunst.com\/\">Blog<\/a>\u00a0<i class=\"x-icon-angle-right\"><\/i>\u00a0<a class=\"current\" title=\"You Are Here\" href=\"http:\/\/levekunst.com\/three-reasons-why-an-animal-makes-the-best-meditation-partner\/\">THREE REASONS WHY AN ANIMAL MAKES THE BEST MEDITATION PARTNER<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"x-container max width main\">\n<div class=\"offset cf\">\n<div class=\"x-main full\" role=\"main\">\n<article id=\"post-16895\" class=\"post-16895 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-animals tag-animals tag-httplevekunst-com tag-kathleen-prasad tag-levekunst--art-of-life-magazine tag-levekunst-art-of-life tag-three-reasons-why-an-animal-makes-the-best-meditation-partner\">\n<div class=\"entry-featured\">\n<div class=\"entry-thumb\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"attachment-entry-fullwidth size-entry-fullwidth wp-post-image\" src=\"http:\/\/levekunst.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/15284107_10211058234149149_2932230853732631733_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"810\" height=\"686\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-wrap\">\n<header class=\"entry-header\">\n<div class=\"x-nav-articles\"><\/div>\n<h1 class=\"entry-title\">THREE REASONS WHY AN ANIMAL MAKES THE BEST MEDITATION PARTNER<\/h1>\n<p class=\"p-meta\">In\u00a0<a title=\"View all posts in: \u201cANIMALS\u201d\" href=\"http:\/\/levekunst.com\/category\/life\/animals\/\">ANIMALS<\/a>\u00a0by Kathleen Prasad12\/16\/2015<a class=\"meta-comments\" title=\"Leave a comment on: \u201cTHREE REASONS WHY AN ANIMAL MAKES THE BEST MEDITATION PARTNER\u201d\" href=\"http:\/\/levekunst.com\/three-reasons-why-an-animal-makes-the-best-meditation-partner\/#comments\">4 Comments<\/a><\/p>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"entry-content content\">\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\n<p>You see, in my work with animals and Reiki over the years, I began to notice something interesting; when I would meditate and my animals would happen to be with me, I found myself able to quiet my mind and be present with an open heart much more easily. I realized that perhaps I should rethink the way I approached my own meditation practice. Meditating alone is all well and good, offering many benefits that have been backed by science. But when I began to meditate\u00a0<em>with<\/em>\u00a0the animals and follow their lead, all of the benefits of meditation I had always experienced began to improve. Here are three ways animals helped me become a better meditator:<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><strong>1. It\u2019s easier to stay present and peaceful in the moment with our animals.<\/strong>\u00a0If we are trying to meditate but our intellectual minds keep analyzing, judging and interpreting everything (which is just natural for us, really), the animals will often mirror this agitation. The more we feel ourselves shift into a state of quiet, and the more we can just \u201cbe,\u201d the more we can see the animals relax. I can always tell what state I am in by how the animals around me are responding to my presence. A peaceful mind and peaceful heart means peaceful animals. In addition, animals have a natural calming presence. So when we have trouble letting go, and we\u2019re stuck inside past problems or future fears, simply sitting with our animals can help to calm our energy, quiet our thoughts and take us to this moment right now.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-17212\" src=\"http:\/\/levekunst.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/cat-919661_1920.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"557\" height=\"371\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>2. Animals help our hearts to open, so that we can more easily radiate our inner compassion.<\/strong>\u00a0According to\u00a0<a title=\"http:\/\/www.northeastern.edu\/cos\/2013\/04\/release-can-meditation-make-you-a-more-compassionate-person\/\" href=\"http:\/\/www.northeastern.edu\/cos\/2013\/04\/release-can-meditation-make-you-a-more-compassionate-person\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a 2013 study<\/a>\u00a0by Northeastern University, those who practice mindfulness meditation feel more compassion for others. But sometimes, compassion can be a difficult feeling to tap into. That\u2019s where the animal factor comes in: Animals show so much unconditional love for us, we just can\u2019t help but open our hearts when we are with them. If we are with our animals during our meditation practice, our inner compassion arises effortlessly because we are already opening our hearts to our animals at that moment. This compassion will radiate out to all animals \u2026 and even ultimately to the world.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-17216 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/levekunst.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/cat-919662_1280.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"517\" height=\"344\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>3. Animals remind me that the true purpose of meditation is to bring peaceful presence out into the world.<\/strong>\u00a0Some people think, \u201cOh, I have to light a candle and sit on this cushion to meditate.\u201d And that sometimes works well, but it\u2019s also very limiting. Meditation isn\u2019t about escaping the world, shutting our eyes and sitting in a stiff position. The most important purpose of meditation is to bring compassion to our lives, and the truth is we have to learn to take our practice off of the cushion, bringing this compassion with us into the world. What the animals teach us by their compassionate presence is very freeing: That truly any moment in our lives can be a meditation. We can practice peaceful presence while sitting, walking or standing\u2014cuddling our cat, walking the dog or standing in a pasture with our horse. You see, this is how our animals live already, and they can show us how to live this way too.<\/p>\n<p>Meditation is about bringing all of our energy here to this present moment, and opening our hearts to the peaceful power that exists in the now. Animals are always present, they don\u2019t judge like we do, and they live life with an open heart. They are my best meditation partners: mirrors, reflecting to me how I should be, and lights, guiding me along the path of inner healing.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"x-recent-posts-date\" style=\"font-size: 1rem\">10\/07\/2015<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 1rem\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"x-recent-posts cf horizontal\">\n<article id=\"post-13172\" class=\"post-13172 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-animals tag-article-from-levekunst-art-of-life tag-buddha tag-efp tag-equine-facilitated-psychotherapy tag-horse-sweat-human-tears tag-horses-are-relationship-gurus tag-kaia-livingstone tag-natural-medicine tag-rocky-mountains tag-therapy-and-horses\">\n<div class=\"entry-wrap\">\n<div class=\"x-recent-posts-img\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<div id=\"comments\" class=\"x-comments-area\">\n<article id=\"comment-4953\" class=\"comment\">\n<div class=\"x-comment-img\">\u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-5635 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/d2wipdjmobk1g8.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/04\/12095711\/Kathleen.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"97\" height=\"97\" srcset=\"https:\/\/d2wipdjmobk1g8.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/04\/12095711\/Kathleen.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/d2wipdjmobk1g8.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/04\/12095711\/Kathleen-150x150.jpeg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 97px) 100vw, 97px\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"x-comment-content-wrap\"><\/div>\n<\/article>\n<div id=\"respond\" class=\"comment-respond\">\n<h3 class=\"comment-reply-title\">\u00a0KATHLEEN PRASAD<\/h3>\n<p class=\"p-author mbn\"><em>Animal Reiki teacher, author, mostly-vegan, animal advocate, passionate meditator and dragon-at-heart. Founder of <\/em>Animal Reiki Source<em> and co-founder of<\/em> The Shelter Animal Reiki Association<em>. Compassion is the ultimate healer! 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