Yes, having come from Nepal, land of the Buddha, it is not surprising for me to see many different techniques of meditation since Buddha taught over 100different meditation techniques (to start) depending on the state of mind and matter. So someone with very active mind might do better with dynamic meditation involving movement (at least at the beginning) while others with quieter mind state may go deeper with sitting meditation. I was following Ajan Brahm (English-Australian Monk) who spent many years in Thai Monastery under Ajan Chah and he was saying that in Thai tradition walking meditation is common, whereas in Theravada (Nepal, Indian, Burma etc.) tradition sitting meditation seems to be prevalent but even in that tradition, as Buddha said in Satipthanna Sutta, as we we go deeper into meditation one should be aware of the rising and passing away of phenomena (in mind and matter) in 4 position while sitting, standing, walking and lying down. I think healt sector really started to embrace mindfulness (in meditation lite version) when Jon Kabbat Zinn introduced it about 2 decades ago. He spent over 14 years practicing Zen and made mindfulness popular in medical field as I understand it - although it probably has been used in medical field way before that. And agree, implementing the mindfulness in day to day life or each moment is the goal - regular practice will support that goal 😊. 🧘🏼‍♂️🧘🏼‍♀️

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