Chapter 16
‘Pay attention to your breathing… Feel your body relax… Free your mind…’
The calm, deep voice of the meditation school teacher almost merges with the Zen music in the background.
I’m at my first lesson. There’s around twenty of us in a large room with white walls, lit only by the flames of a few candles. We’re all sitting on the ground with our eyes closed. Although, to be honest, I occasionally take a quick peek to see what’s going on around me. Nothing: they’re all so blissfully immersed in their meditative state. But I feel like a fish out of water: I still haven’t quite worked out what I have to do and this lotus position, as I think it’s called, is uncomfortable as hell. It’s anything but relaxing! Wouldn’t it be better to meditate lying down?
I’ve never really believed
