The Teaching Space

Episode 68 of The Teaching Space Podcast explores a reluctant teacher’s experience of meditation. Introduction So, guess what? The “one teacher” named in the title is me and up until about six weeks ago, my general attitude towards meditation was something akin to: it’s a bit “woo-woo” and it’s for “other people”. I should have called this episode “One Reluctant, Anti-Woo-Woo Teacher’s Experience with Meditation” actually; it would have been more accurate. Let’s unpick this a little. Based on a gut feeling, I had decided that meditation wasn’t for me. Actually, that’s not strictly true (I am being a little hard on myself). I’d tried meditation a couple of times in various yoga classes. It was really hard. Based on that, and my gut, I decided it wasn’t for me. Yikes, that’s even worse. So I decided to try again. What is Meditation? Before we delve into my recent meditation experience, let’s take a step back and clarify what meditation is and isn’t. I have two definitions for you. The first is from The Cambridg