Michael Ceely once spent a four-hour flight just zoning out – no magazines, no movies, no podcasts, just looking out the window and watching the flight map.
Ceely, a therapist in California who specializes in working with men, believed it was a form of digital detox and meditation. But a growing contingent of young men on the internet are doing the same practice but branding it in a very different way: it’s called "raw dogging."
"I was tired of the usual routine of watching a movie or reading a book (onboard) so I said, 'I'm just going to kind of stare off into space, and use it is a Zen meditation.'" Ceely says of his experience chilling out on a plane.
He says that it can be difficult to get some men to embrace meditation, mindfulness, or anything else that could be considered "spiritual." While he tells CNN he’s not familiar with the term "raw dogging" being used in this particular way, he can see why the eyebrow-raising moniker appeals to a certain kind of traveler.
"Men do like challenges," he says. "It's definitely more socially acceptable for men to brag about something like this. Also I think it might be more of a male psyche kind of thing: I like a challenge, let me see if I can get through this. It’s an acetic practice, but branding it with bro-speak."
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