{"id":118453,"date":"2019-01-24T14:54:19","date_gmt":"2019-01-24T19:54:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wanderlust.com\/?p=118453\/"},"modified":"2019-10-14T14:41:09","modified_gmt":"2019-10-14T18:41:09","slug":"meditation-for-bad-meditators","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wanderlust.com\/pt-pt\/journal\/meditation-for-bad-meditators\/","title":{"rendered":"Meditation For “Bad” Meditators"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dr. Jinju Dasalla<\/a> is a\u00a0the co-founder of the NaiAsa Institute<\/a>, where she directs programs for individuals and organizations pioneering new paradigms of healing, education and transformational learning based in scientific, spiritual and somatic principles. She is also the creator of NaiAsana\u2122<\/a>, an intercultural somatic practice weaving asana, dance, and flow arts, to ultimately awaken universal feminine power and access innate somatic wisdom, both on and off the mat.<\/em><\/p>\n

Dr. Jinju has appeared at many of our 4-day destination Wanderlust Festivals teaching movement arts.<\/em><\/p>\n

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I remember the first time I sat down to meditate on my plush turquoise carpet. I set a timer on my phone, closed my eyes, and began to breathe in and out of the nose. Between thoughts, my mind would race and my body would fidget. Was my nose really itchy or was I just trying to distract myself? After what felt like an eternity, I gave up, opened my eyes, and realized I had been sitting in a sloppy stillness for a little under two minutes.<\/p>\n

I didn\u2019t return back to my makeshift meditation space for years due to what I call meditative shame. In other words, I thought I was a terrible meditator.<\/p>\n

Dr. Jinju Dasalla, founder of NaiAsa Institute and SoulFlowArts, knows this dance all too well. \u201cWhile there are benefits to the old paradigm of meditation, I believe movement and flow are where things are going,\u201d Dr. Jinju shares. In her perception, with so much emphasis on the mind, we miss the connection between the body and movement as a tool for tuning into the innate wisdom and stillness our physical body holds.<\/p>\n