Health Benefits of Carp Fishing Through Meditation

I have previously shared my thoughts regarding the health benefits of carp fishing in a post I published a few weeks ago. Here is a video that offers some more information regarding the positives of spending quite time to ourselves on a regular basis.

I am not referring to clicking symbols, burning incense or aroma therapy types of meditation. I am referring to meditation in its simplest form; and it's something you likely find yourself doing naturally from time to time anyway.

 

 

If you would like to read more about meditation and how we can simply do this activity while we are sitting bankside waiting for the carp to bite I have included a video below from ABC News Anchor, Dan Harris, from Good Morning America.

 

Meditation can be done in 3 simple steps: 

 

1. Sit upright

2. Feel your breath

3. If your mind wonders, simple return focus again on the breath

 

 



 

 

Here is another way to mindfulness meditation is described courtesy of Wikipedia:

"going into the forest and sitting beneath a tree and then to simply watch the breath. If the breath is long, to notice that the breath is long, if the breath is short, to notice that the breath is short.^[34][35]
By observing the breath one becomes aware of the perpetual changes involved in breathing, and the arising and passing away of mindfulness. One can also be aware of and gain insight into impermanence through the observation of bodily sensations and their nature of arising and passing away.^"[36]

Dedicated specimen carp anglers have likely been meditating for years without even realizing it.

If you decide to purposefully try these exercise while carp fishing, I'd be interesting in hearing your thoughts about the results.