Meditation.. Couple thoughts

So now starting week 4 of regular daily meditation.

 

Pain - knees go ow, feet fall asleep, and now in making sure I have good posture I appear to have strained some muscle groups near the clavicles. Nothing major, just like any physical activity, if you haven't done it before you find out all sorts of new muscle groups.

Thoughts - In this style you allow thoughts to "rise and fall". In other words your brain is gonna throw stuff up there, just don't latch on to it.

Next up - probably find time to go to one of the local Soto based zendo. See what a more formal setting is like.

(Side note: I following the Soto Zen style of meditation, like some of the thoughts behind it, main source right now is Brad Warner for reading materials.)