Floating Meditation

A Jedi using Floating Meditation.

"In the deep state of Rising Meditation, Jedi may find their sense of the Force increases and that their bodies rise from the ground."

―Jedi Master Skarch Vaunk

Floating Meditation, also known as Rising Meditation, was a Jedi meditation technique where one meditated while using the Force to float several inches off the ground. Often, surrounding objects would revolve around the Force-sensitive. Sometimes someone used Battle Meditation would perform this act at the same time.

This technique was used by Revan when he was being re-trained at the Jedi Enclave on Dantooine, where he floated himself, and several objects (chairs and a datapad) during meditation. Bastila Shan would use this power during her Battle meditation. Barriss Offee also used this technique often. Galen Marek used this meditation in order to find Darth Vader. Luke Skywalker accidentally discovered this technique years ago when he was roused by Han Solo and found that he was a meter off the ground. He also used this technique while being imprisoned by the Joiners on Woteba. Jacen Solo meditated this way, believing that contact with the ground could prove distracting.

Appearances

Luke using Floating Meditation during his training on Dagobah.

• Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic
• † MedStar Duology
• Star Wars: The Clone Wars — "Ghosts of Mortis"
• Star Wars: The Force Unleashed video game
• Shadows of the Empire novel
• The Courtship of Princess Leia (First appearance)
• Heir to the Empire 2
• Dark Nest I: The Joiner King
• Dark Nest II: The Unseen Queen
• Dark Nest III: The Swarm War
• Legacy of the Force: Bloodlines
• Legacy of the Force: Exile (Indirect mention only)

Sources

• 1994 Topps Star Wars Galaxy Series 2
• Star Wars Galaxies Trading Card Game — Champions of the Force (Card: Meditate) (backup link)
• Star Wars Galaxies Trading Card Game — The Nightsister's Revenge (Card: Mystical Energies) (backup link)
• The Jedi Path: A Manual for Students of the Force (as Rising Meditation)
•  Star Wars: The Card Game — Core Set (Card: It Binds All Things)