I was having a bath yesterday evening in an oversized whirlpool tub and I came to a realization by pure accident. A huge part of meditation is relaxing all of your muscles. In the water, all of your limbs become almost weightless and thus relaxing your limbs becomes a lot easier which allows you to focus more on the other parts of the meditation. This could also be done in a hot-tub as warm water also relaxes any and all tension in your muscles.

It made something that was difficult for me extremely easy, so I felt I'd mention it. I apologize if it's already been brought up.

Fenrir_Shadowfang wrote:I was having a bath yesterday evening in an oversized whirlpool tub and I came to a realization by pure accident. A huge part of meditation is relaxing all of your muscles. In the water, all of your limbs become almost weightless and thus relaxing your limbs becomes a lot easier which allows you to focus more on the other parts of the meditation. This could also be done in a hot-tub as warm water also relaxes any and all tension in your muscles.

It made something that was difficult for me extremely easy, so I felt I'd mention it. I apologize if it's already been brought up.

No need to apologize. Whatever ideas you contribute can help another person who is unsure of what they're doing.

I also find that water is extremely relaxing, and whenever I need to calm down, I wash my hands and listen to the sound of the water flowing down, or get a small bowl of water, and just play around with it with my hands.

Water is an amazing tool for inducing meditative relaxation.
I usually take several 3-day mini-vacations each year to a secluded cabin in the Tennessee mountains. The cabin has a hot tub, and is situated between 2 mountain creeks that cascade over rocks.

1) The hot tub is great for relaxing the muscles and calming the mind. The heat and the sound of the water jets are very conducive to moving into a meditative state. I just have to be careful, while in the hot tub, that I don't get so relaxed that I risk falling asleep and drowning. :U

2) There is a small cascade (waterfall) on one of the streams. I can sit near it, shut my eyes and the soothing sound of the water moving over the rocks, along with the other sounds of nature, easily lull me into a calmness that makes meditation easy.

If I'm at home, I often listen to an mp3 file of flowing water or falling rain.

I have created two different meditation audio files. One has a background sound of rain falling; the other one has a background sound of the ocean. So I am all about water as a relaxation source and as a power source.

I fall asleep too easily when I am near a waterfall. The relaxation it induces is why it is termed white noise.

It is possible those sensory deprivation tanks don't cost as much now as they used to. Warm, salty water at body temperature so that after a time your muscles relax and you don't feel where your body ends and the water begins. It is dark and sound doesn't get in.

Inedible wrote:It is possible those sensory deprivation tanks don't cost as much now as they used to. Warm, salty water at body temperature so that after a time your muscles relax and you don't feel where your body ends and the water begins. It is dark and sound doesn't get in.

I would get so relaxed, I would drown in one.

I've noticed that I get meditative every time I take a shower. I also get strong flash visions, where I close my eyes and see something, normally related to the current topic in my thoughts. I normally hate baths, but I suppose it'd be worth a try. :U

A client of mine actually have gone to the sensory deprivation tanks & they said it was helpful
I'm not to trusting about other people 'locking me in a tank of water' so it wouldn't be my thing lol
But for some people it helps