Yogi: My body moves when I’m sitting. I’m not sure if I want it to move, but it’s interesting. Is it better to stop or to let it be?
Sayadaw: Is it necessary to move while you’re sitting?
There are several reasons why people move in sitting and often the motivations are subtle enough for us not to realize that we’re generating them.
People move when they’re bored or when they have pain. Whatever it is, it is not necessary to move and the concern is that it becomes a habit of moving voluntarily or involuntarily.
There are yogis who believe that when they move in a certain way, it is a sign of something. They’ll keep doing it over and over because of a belief.
Yogi: So, I should stop when it starts again?
Sayadaw: Yes, when you stop, you’ll also discover why the body wants to move.
Everything is cause and effect; we move or don’t move because of a cause, and we want to know what is happening. When we allow these movements to happen, we start thinking that they’re happening by themselves, but it is not like that.