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stoguy@

i feel you are certainly onto something here when you talk about your experience with surfing and sailing. i think this is what this type of technique (mantratechnique) is all about. to connect with a rythm. in your sitiation it is the rythm of nature manifested by the sea and the winds, not mantra and breath.
isn't this what the tm/ajurveda people speak about when they say that "the field collaps" and that the "inner chatter" or whatever is being transcended (not blocked)?

from what i understand, the most important thing about any meditation is that your body is upright, standing or sitting, then you are most connected to the yang energy wich is best for meditation. if you place your body in horizontal position you are most connected to the yin energy wich is better suited for relaxation, wich is also a good thing, but its not meditation.
you dont need to sit in a spesific posture or dont move your body when you do meditation.
i dont use mantras anymore in meditation. i work with my energy body and release what are blocked. in this work i often have to move my physical body to do just that. so dont think that you cant do meditation because you cant sit still and keep silent. to experience those things that makes meditation difficult is the most important part of meditation. its at this moment you do the most important work in that process.

anupama