How Much Time Should You Practice Daily Meditation For?

By Anmol Mehta

There is a famous story of a Kundalini Yoga Master who was desperate to increase the amount of time he spent doing his daily meditation practice. The story says that the Yogi nailed his pony tail to the wall so that when he would start to dose off, he would be rudely awakened by his contraption, and that this technique allowed him to successfully meditate for 22 hours daily. Are you ready for that? Luckily, 22 hours of daily meditation is not a prerequisite for spiritual growth or enlightenment, but the point of the story is that the ask is not cheap either. So how long should one meditate for daily?

Before we go into the numbers it is important to clarify exactly what type of meditation we are talking about here. There are many schools of meditation, each with their own techniques and methods. Here, we are referring to the meditations that are done being mostly physically still. So this would include zen meditation (zazen), vipassana, insight meditation, jyana yoga, the Silent Mind (SM) Meditations, and meditations that utilize an object for concentration (3rd eye meditation, mantra meditation, visualization, sound, trataka (candle flame gazing), 3 step rhythmic breath (3srb) meditation or similar variation of breath meditation, etc). The other types of meditations involving dance (shiva tandava - dance of death), Osho's meditations (kundalini, dynamic, etc), laya yoga meditations, and other such meditations have specific time requirements to work their magic and I am not referring to them in this discussion. So, now on to the numbers.

The minimum time one should aim to set aside for daily meditation is 20 minutes. Why 20 minutes of meditation? From my experience I can say that 20 minutes daily proved to be very effective. On its own everything just start to transform. Others, over time, have also probably found that this amount of time has worked well for bringing about positive changes in themselves and so the number has become the de facto standard for a starting practice.

The next stage is 30 minutes, 2 times daily. On my trip to Zen Mountain Monastery for their Zazen Training program, 30 minutes was the minimum time requirement for any zazen session. Also, interestingly at Zen Mountain Monastery, you could request to be struck with a cane on your shoulders (at special acupressure points) to help you stay awake, drain emotional junk out of your system or as an aid to go deeper. This is called keisaku and it can work as an alternative technique for you if you don't have long hair like our Yogi friend above. So work your way up to 30 minutes of meditation, and try to do that twice daily if possible.

Finally, you should build up to 1 hour of steady meditation practice everyday. For extracting the maximum benefit from a meditation program this is the golden number. To get to the experience of "Big Mind" as Zen Master Shunryu Suzuki describes the detached state, or the "Big Self" as described by the Advaita Vedanta teachers, or to get to the explosion of insight as put forth by J. Krishnamurti and the Silent Mind Meditations, 1 hour of meditation is usually needed. This is primarily because it takes some time for the thinking process to slow down and for us to extract ourselves out of the daily drama of our little egos. So there you have it. Start and aim for 20 minutes of daily meditation and then build up to 1 hour. You will find everything you are looking for, as you will discover that everything is you.

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How Much Time Should You Practice Daily Meditation For?

By Anmol Mehta

There is a famous story of a Kundalini Yoga Master who was desperate to increase the amount of time he spent doing his daily meditation practice. The story says that the Yogi nailed his pony tail to the wall so that when he would start to dose off, he would be rudely awakened by his contraption, and that this technique allowed him to successfully meditate for 22 hours daily. Are you ready for that? Luckily, 22 hours of daily meditation is not a prerequisite for spiritual growth or enlightenment, but the point of the story is that the ask is not cheap either. So how long should one meditate for daily?

Before we go into the numbers it is important to clarify exactly what type of meditation we are talking about here. There are many schools of meditation, each with their own techniques and methods. Here, we are referring to the meditations that are done being mostly physically still. So this would include zen meditation (zazen), vipassana, insight meditation, jyana yoga, the Silent Mind (SM) Meditations, and meditations that utilize an object for concentration (3rd eye meditation, mantra meditation, visualization, sound, trataka (candle flame gazing), 3 step rhythmic breath (3srb) meditation or similar variation of breath meditation, etc). The other types of meditations involving dance (shiva tandava - dance of death), Osho's meditations (kundalini, dynamic, etc), laya yoga meditations, and other such meditations have specific time requirements to work their magic and I am not referring to them in this discussion. So, now on to the numbers.

The minimum time one should aim to set aside for daily meditation is 20 minutes. Why 20 minutes of meditation? From my experience I can say that 20 minutes daily proved to be very effective. On its own everything just start to transform. Others, over time, have also probably found that this amount of time has worked well for bringing about positive changes in themselves and so the number has become the de facto standard for a starting practice.

The next stage is 30 minutes, 2 times daily. On my trip to Zen Mountain Monastery for their Zazen Training program, 30 minutes was the minimum time requirement for any zazen session. Also, interestingly at Zen Mountain Monastery, you could request to be struck with a cane on your shoulders (at special acupressure points) to help you stay awake, drain emotional junk out of your system or as an aid to go deeper. This is called keisaku and it can work as an alternative technique for you if you don't have long hair like our Yogi friend above. So work your way up to 30 minutes of meditation, and try to do that twice daily if possible.

Finally, you should build up to 1 hour of steady meditation practice everyday. For extracting the maximum benefit from a meditation program this is the golden number. To get to the experience of "Big Mind" as Zen Master Shunryu Suzuki describes the detached state, or the "Big Self" as described by the Advaita Vedanta teachers, or to get to the explosion of insight as put forth by J. Krishnamurti and the Silent Mind Meditations, 1 hour of meditation is usually needed. This is primarily because it takes some time for the thinking process to slow down and for us to extract ourselves out of the daily drama of our little egos. So there you have it. Start and aim for 20 minutes of daily meditation and then build up to 1 hour. You will find everything you are looking for, as you will discover that everything is you.

Anmol Mehta is a Yoga Teacher & Zen Expert. See Free Online Yoga Breathing Exercise Videos and explore Free Illustrated Hatha Yoga Poses Galleries on his extensive Meditation and Yoga site, Free Online Guided Meditation Techniques.
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What To Do With a Guided Meditation Script? 15 Ideas and More

By John M. Allison

If you think that there's not much that you can do with a guided meditation script, think again. Here's a list of things you can do, and it's just the tip of the iceberg.

• Relax at the end of the day.
• Get your mind focused for the day.
• Recuperate and restore your vitality.
• Get in touch with and heal the past.
• Project your desires into the future and plan your path through life.
• Brainstorm ideas by stepping away from mental filters.
• Sharpen your intuition.
• Overcome a fear.
• Become a more loving person.
• Eliminate mental clutter.
• Get some good, old-fashioned quiet time.
• Reconnect with the Divine.
• Study topics by interacting with them internally.
• Branch out in new directions with newfound clarity.
• Bring to the surface wanted character traits and reconcile unwanted ones.

As I said, it's just the tip of the iceberg. Your guided meditation script is limited only by your creativity.

One thing that I would like to suggest is that you not go overboard with lots of different meditations. Doing so tends to garble the message. I would suggest just doing one or two a day, preferably at morining and/or at night. If you write a whole bunch of different meditations and then run through them all in the same day it probably won't have as good a result as if you used just one guided meditation script per day, or maybe two.

One neat thing about writing your own script is that you can customize the imagery. You can do a guided meditation leading you up to an event, and then another meditation to help you resolve it afterwards.

As you can see, meditation doesn't have to be some obtrusive, annoying, do-it-because-you-have-to chore. Instead, if you find or write good ones, you can use a guided meditation script to enhance just about any aspect of your life.

Over time you may find that the practice of meditation blends into your practice of life. The benefits of meditation aren't limited to certain times, and a meditative mindset isn't limited to a practiced meditation technique. Instead you reach a point where you can access your resources at will, and find that your mind is much sharper and harder to put off balance. As with any skill, it is difficult to see it develop day-by day, but start of with a guided meditation script, and check back with yourself a month or two from now and see how you are doing. I think you'll be pleasantly surprised.

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Harness Your Energy With Breath Control

By Conrad Raw

You probably already know that the brain has two hemispheres, the right and left, and that the left side of the brain generally controls the right side of the body and vice versa.

The left part of the brain is in control when logic is needed. It controls verbal tasks, paying attention to details and linear thinking. The right hemisphere, on the other hand, is more creative. It covers visualization and intuition.

Wouldn't it be great if you could call on the creative or the logical qualities of your mind or the other when you needed it?

The truth is you can, just by using a little breath control. Paying attention to how you breathe and taking the time to breathe correctly can make a big difference in your energy levels.

You've probably thinking you didn't know there was a wrong way to breathe, and there really isn't, there are just more efficient and less efficient ways depending on what you want to do.

Let's say for example that you're studying for a test. Maybe it's a math test. You need all the logical brain you can handle so that you can focus on remembering and understanding the material at hand.

Take a quick break from your studying, use the tip of one finger to gently close your left nostril by pressing it against the fleshy part of the nose. Then just breathe in and out through the right nostril for a couple of minutes.

Likewise, if you need energy to harness your creative powers, gently hold the right nostril closed and breathe only through the left nostril. This process works because it activates different energy pathways in the body, activating different properties of your mind. It's a very powerful process.

This is a really simple way to change your energy patterns through breath control and to give yourself a little boost and an extra dose of focus. It has been scientifically shown that we naturally breathe out of one nostril at a time, and we unconsciously change which nostril we are using about every 90 minutes, and the levels of activity in the parts of the brain actually change correspondingly to the change in the breath.

This makes a lot of sense because it keeps a good supply of oxygen going to both parts of the brain, but when you need a boost you can easily selectively breathe through one nostril or the other to bring more energy and focus into the work that you are doing.

This is one simple way to use breath control to improve your life. It just takes a few seconds; I hope you'll try it!

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Can There Be Too Much Guidance In Your Guided Meditation Script?

By John M. Allison

When you write a guided meditation script, the whole idea is to guide the recipient through the experience, giving shape and reinforcement to the process. However, this isn't always ideal. Guided meditations can be used for any number of purposes, and you'll have to adjust just how much "guidance" is needed accordingly. For some, you may wish to take them through from beginning to end like a tour guide in a hurry. Other times, you may wish to hand them a map and compass and just act like a lighthouse and reference point for them to use in their exploration.

If your guided meditation script is to impress images of protection and safety upon a child, you don't really need to give them time to wander. While it might be very entertaining, it defeats the purpose. The idea is to produce a feeling of safety and security, and as entertaining and illuminating as side-trips might be, it would be folly to engage in them because the whole point of this guided meditation would be lost. In cases where you're trying to get a point across or reinforce something, you want a constant stream of guidance. Not oppressive, but like the tour guide, you show what there is to see, and keep the party moving. Pause just long enough for it to sink in, and move on.

If your guided meditation script is somewhere in-between the example above and almost free-form exploration, then my suggestion would be to provide a structure, but give them time to experience each stop along the way. Classic examples of this would be a guided meditation experience from mythology, (be it modern or ancient). Another example would be if you are using this meditation as a cleansing experience. Bring their attention to something, let them experience it and/or deal with it, and then move on. Keep it going, but let them explore.

On that note: Your guided meditation script is just that, a script. When a script is to be read for any kind of theater (TV, film, stage, you name it), a director will guide and coach the actors and crew into bringing that script to life. Coming back to the topic of meditation, it is important to remember that the person meditating is top priority. Paying close attention to them is your first concern. If they need more time to process what's going on, let them have it. If they're ready to move on, then go ahead. The guided meditation script is meant to serve, not control. If they actually wind up in distress, then bring them out immediately and help them get their bearings. Remember to have a safe and secure feeling environment to reinforce the sense of well-being.

In cases where they are exploring pretty much on their own, there is still work to do. Here, your observation skills will come in very handy, and you can monitor them and see how things are going. The signs will be subtle, but there. Look for REM movements, and changes in facial expression. Look for muscle twitches and changes in breathing. The guided meditation script here would be rather short and often rather vague, as the exploration is more open. However, you can use the script to point them out where they wish to go during the meditation. Even if it's free-form exploration, you can still use a handy script to guide them in, provide reference, and bring them out again for optimal results.

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Mastering Mindfulness: A Thinkers Ode to Meditation

By Maya Talisman

I'm lucky.

When I was fifteen, I was the sole survivor in one of those horrific car accidents involving a bunch of teens, lots of alcohol, and late-night fast driving. While the driver and other passengers were killed instantly when our car hit a tree on a drizzly summer night, I had the most powerful experience of my life.

I felt myself being lifted lightly, and it seemed as though I was actually caressed by a loving presence. I remember feeling soothed, comforted, and cherished. I didn't want it to end.

The next thing I remember is lying in a pile of wet leaves with a bunch of flashlights in my face. I walked away without a scratch.

The others were from a different town, and their families, high school friends and teachers mourned their loss bitterly. When they heard that there was a survivor, someone from out of town, many of them felt angry that one of their friends couldn't have been the survivor instead of me. In their anguish, they called to inform me of this sentiment. It was a lot for a 15-year-old to handle.

Nobody knew about the accident at my high school. This was before crisis teams were in place to deal with tragedies. There were no counselors standing by in my case. I was filled with a tremendous sense of guilt, and my beautiful experience was one I never discussed. I couldn't talk about feeling cherished when others had died. It seemed disrespectful and arrogant.

Months later, one of the mothers of the victims called me. I hadn't had any contact with any of the families or friends, and was mourning alone in silence, in exile, really, pretending that everything was just fine. She wanted to invite me over for tea. I declined. I was afraid of hurting her, overwhelmed by my guilt, and petrified that she would lash out at me.

She persisted. I must have declined her invitations half a dozen times in the next three months, making lame excuses and once even pretending to be my sister, telling her I wasn't home.

Fortunately, she kept at it, and when I finally did come over to her house for tea, she wrapped me in a completely reassuring hug.

She was my first meditation teacher. She recognized my pain, and I am eternally grateful that she taught me skills to cope with it. I truly believe she saved my life for the second time.

I used meditation as a tool. There was no association with any particular religion. Despite the clear sense of a benign presence during the accident, it just never occurred to me that it was God. Others may have responded with a renewed religious conviction. I opted for a simple there-must-be-a-reason view.

Years later, as a college student interested in psychology, philosophy, and science, I was studying with a university professor and meditation teacher in Sri Lanka. Ratne taught a technique for mindfulness meditation that meshed perfectly with my need for logic, order, and my view of the universe as manifesting power in magnificent but unpredictable ways. He taught meditation from a thinker's perspective, validating the notion that we are entrusted with the responsibility to use our minds for both thinking and non-thinking.

Ratne died a few years ago, but his son, Deva, is carrying on his tradition of mindfulness training in Sri Lanka. My friend visited Deva recently and was immersed in discussions to build an environmentally-friendly meditation center on a hilltop there.

Deva's mindfulness technique is growing in popularity with good reason--it's simple, and it is completely detached from any specific religion.

This is not your father's meditation. It's Deva's insightful take on his dad's approach. It's thoroughly modern and inclusive, based as much on our understanding of the brain as it is on our professed need to find bliss.

I've been lucky to be exposed to this unique method. Through good times and bad, meditation has given me perspective and a sense of ease when I needed it most. I've lost two brothers to suicide, one to AIDS, a stepfather and father-in-law to cancer in the last few years. Meditation has been a life raft as well as a surprising source of direction and joy.

Although I am quick to identify myself as a thinker, in the same breath I'll tell you I'm a meditator. They go hand in hand for me. I consider it my favorite ego-attachment.

Regardless of your religious beliefs, you can use meditation to strengthen yourself and your understanding of the universe. If the age-old methods aren't working for you, perhaps all you need is an updated version, an upgrade to Meditation 2.0, if you will.

You can skip the pricey bench or embroidered cushion. Don't bother with the candle. Keep the incense in the drawer. Contrary to popular belief, no equipment is required.

All you need is your mind--and a supportive teacher. I hope you are lucky enough to find yours.

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How To Manage Stress By Meditation

By Joe L Golson

The word meditation simply is defined as to be in a continuous contemplative thought or to simply just think about doing something. We all have different types of stress in our lives. Some of us our stressed out over a job, or maybe a relationship, or children, or if you are like most of us you are stressed over finances. Taking the time to meditate in your own relaxing way will help with the stress you are feeling. I have learned that worrying about what is stressing you will not help solve the situation that is upsetting you.

You may think that taking time out of your already busy life to meditate is ridiculous,But it is not ridiculous it will absolutely help calm your nerves which will help you relax enough to sit down and calmly work out the situation that is upsetting you.I found that I can relax and meditate by sitting and relaxing in a hot bubble bath.If you are worried about not having enough time to sit and relax in a hot tub maybe you can just go outside for a breath of fresh air and take time to just collect your thoughts. After everything has calmed down you can then take the time to take a hot relaxing bath.

If the kids are stressing you out you know how easy it can be to lose your temper with the kids. So things don't get out of control you can do breathing exercises to help meditate you. Let the kids go outside for a few minutes or maybe let them watch a movie or whatever they like to do within reason for a few minutes so that you can get your thoughts together when meditating.Breathe in and out slowly and take time to think about what options you have to control the situation that has upset you. With having to deal with our children,our jobs,our relationships,and our finances it's a wonder we all can even go on every day.

Find a way of meditation that will work for you and you will see that even if it's for only a few minutes that will be a few minutes you don't have to worry about things. If you don't want to go on the Internet to find ways to relax then go to your library in your town. There will be many,many books on relaxation by meditation. When you are in a place like the library you can actually just relax in that environment where it is quiet and relaxing. Get you 2 or 3 books and find the one that will help you the most.

You know you can also write down notes on the other books you have read. Maybe check out a couple of books that talk about different ways of meditating and write down the chapters that interest you the most. Even if you start out by just learning how to have peace of mind that is a very big accomplishment. After you have found peace of mind you can then start working on the daily things in your life that has left you feeling empty inside. Remember you can have the life you have dreamed of if you just take the time to learn ways to help you with relaxation techniques. You can find fulfillment in your life and defiantly make a difference in your life and the lives of others who feel the pressures of every day life.

Whether you find meditation and relaxation techniques through books,tapes,or even exercises you will find that when your life is free of every day stress you can then start to find solutions to the many different problems in your life in a calm peaceful way. You can go on line and find self help tapes about meditation. Do you want to just settle on a life that can make you miserable day after day? You may feel so empty inside that you feel as if you have no purpose in life.

You have to remember you are using your thoughts in your mind to meditate so you want to take the time to clear out all the negative feelings you have in your mind so that you can concentrate on how to improve your life and make a goal for yourself. Meditation can help. When you take the time to relax and really stop and think about things that are going on in your life you can also find that you are relaxed enough by meditating to find solutions to many different things you question in your life.

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Meditating For A Healthy Mind And Soul

By CD Mohatta

Have you been under too much stress lately? Or are constantly tired because of work and other commitments? Are you lethargic and need something to boost your energy? Then meditation is for you. Meditation describes a state of concentrated attention on some object of thought or awareness. It is the art of relaxing your mind by turning the attention inward to a single point of reference.

Meditation is one of the oldest arts of India. Hindu religion lays greatest stress on Meditation. According to scriptures Meditation is the path to achieve godhood. Now days many forms of meditation have developed, but the aim is common. In normal practice Meditation is used for many other advantages for body mainly for stress relief, and other medicinal benefits.

What Meditation does-

It is a great to distress or relax. It helps improve concentration. It helps keep an altered state of awareness. It is the suspension of logical thought processes which helps relax the mind. It helps the mind to maintain its self-observing attitude. It helps a lot to get in touch with your mind and soul, which is a rejuvenating experience. It refreshes the mind and soul and keeps it healthy. It helps promote positivism in our mind and get rid of negative thoughts.

There are various methods of meditation. Yoga, prayer, vipasana, sufism, etc. Each of these forms helps to meditate. Meditation is best done in early the morning and in a quiet place. To gain the maximum benefits of meditation, it is best to do it consistently at the same time, everyday. This helps create a pattern and makes it easier to concentrate. Meditation helps keep the mind and soul young and healthy. It is a healthy practice that helps distress and relaxes. Select a peaceful place and begin Meditation. If you can perform it at a set time everyday that will be better.

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Meditation Techniques - Learn How To Perform Meditation

By Jitender Zaman

There are many different types of meditation and the techniques can vary from being very simple to being quite complex. The benefits of meditation can be great as many studies have been done outlining many of the potential health benefits from reduction in stress to less symptoms of disease. Here are a few different techniques to help you learn meditation.

Breathing Exercise:

This is a very simple technique and simply requires that you put your mental attention on your breathing. Simply turn your mental focus to your breathing as you breathe in and then out. Try to only think of your breathing, if you find other thoughts entering your mind then simply return your focus gently back on the breath.

Do this for five to ten minutes a day or whenever you feel you need to get rid of some tension and stress. Over time you will experience fewer distractions and you will be able to slip into that quiet frame of mind quicker and experience the peace and tranquility that it brings.

Guided Meditation:

This kind of meditation is usually accompanied by music usually sounds of nature or other non verbal music that is slow and gentle. It is also best to do this in a quiet room without any other kinds of distractions. You can light an incense that you like to help to relax you further.

Now focus on a pure space inside of your heart and see a light there. Then envision this light spreading slowly throughout your body and then see the light extending outside your body to the space around you. Maintain your focus on this light and avoid external thoughts. The idea is to get to that state of a quiet peaceful mind that is also potentially the least stressful and thus may offer great health benefits.

Chakra Meditation:

Chakra meditation is based on concentrating on the various energies that lie within us and by simply paying attention to different regions of our body we have the potential to get great health benefits in those particular regions. There are seven chakras that you need to learn when performing this type of meditation.

They are the root chakra, feeling chakra, personality chakra, heart chakra, throat chakra, knowledge and crown chakra. There are indeed a few things to learn so be patient and take your time to learn this type of meditation. When performing this type of meditation make sure that your focus is on one chakra at a time and you need to clear your thoughts.

You can also add some relaxing music to the background if you like and make sure that you are in a room that is free of distractions so be sure to turn the television or radio off. The main idea is to feel a connection with everything around you. There are many books and tapes written that can show you in detail how to do this type of meditation as it can get complex.

Zen Meditation:

Zen meditation is also defined as the study of the self. It is best to do this in a seated position called the burmese position. Make sure to keep the back straight as this will make deep breathing occur much more naturally. The deep breathing that occurs during this type of meditation can offer many health benefits as by introducing more oxygen into your system you help to cleanse and energy your body.

One of the things you do in zen meditation is to stay in the same position for fifteen to twenty minutes. This will help you to develop a quieter mind by restricting your physical movements. Often a scattered mind is what causes significant stress in the lives of many so learning to reduce your thoughts can be very stress relieving. Pick a meditation approach you feel comfortable with and learn all you can about it and most importantly do it on a regular basis to reap the benefits.

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Active Meditation / Visualization

By Kc Jackson

Pin down a nature scene. For exhibit scenery of mountain, meadow or ocean to picture and imagine during ad-lib session. You might consciously select a inherent scene and find that time ages you close do offhand eyes and relax a different scene pops into invent mental vision. It follows that is fine, go discuss the new scene but from time to time you have started the meditation stay with that scene for then session. Choose whatever scenery accommodates fake it feelings for from now on day.

Allow speak off the cuff* eyes to close.

Exhale contracting the abdomen gently.

Inhale by expanding the lower abdomen like it was a balloon. Inhale, Inhale, Inhale, Inhale And exhale contracting the abdomen gently

Breathe slowly and rhythmically Observe how the celestial sphere releases tightness with each year year exhalation

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Observe the breath happening

On the inhalation, observe the energy of the oxygen so you draw weather* make up body French cut toes to scalp

On the exhale contract the abdomen gently and feel the deepening and strengthening sense of peace and relaxation

Sense any areas of blockage and direct relaxation thereLike finding a closed door and opening it

Release fake it consciousness of the breath time auld lang syne you sense the celestial sphere celestial sphere is totally open

Now maintaining fake it heavenly body's sense of deep peace and relaxation, imagine yourself in a mountain, meadow or ocean setting. Use all characterize senses to extend the image. Start use whichever sensation feels the strongest. Depending on how you prepare mentally late will be some visual sensations or kinesthetic (a feeling of knowing)sensations.

For master, can you feel sunshine just the right sweltering heat warming and relaxing design immortal sphere, is there a gentle caressing breeze?

How does the earth or sand feel beneath devise feet or are you lying in a meadow amongst flowers and grass?

Material scents are you aware of - salty ocean air, fragrant flowers, crisp mountain air.

Are there song and dance harass you? The breaking of waves on the shore, bird calls, the singing of a breeze get water trees or tall grass, friendly animal rune.
If you touch divergent elements what texture or sensations does that feel like? Knowledge engineering shade and color is everyplace?

Avoid developing a scenic image triumph your senses for the set meditation time.

If you have at* difficulty white-haired a sense of a fantasy image, you can use a saw* image such as do disdainful yearning or car. When you have the feel of picturing a familiar image, place your familiar object in a fantasy setting.

Continue bygone lesson for seven days.

This exercise will soup up* make ability to disease information and knowledge through your five physical senses and addendum speak off the cuff* psychic intuitive capability...

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Meditation - The Role of Meditation

By Ricky Hussey

Meditation is a way of contacting the inner energy that powers the natural processes of healing and self-realization. Many cultures preserve some form of ritualistic technique - in one or two cultures dating from thousands of years ago - that promotes change from the normal levels of perception and that may result in feelings of well-being. This is probably why meditation in one form or another is central to the practice of so many of the world's religions.

The word meditation comes from the Latin meditatio, which originally indicated every type of physical or intellectual exercise, then later evolved into the more specific meaning "contemplation."

Eastern spiritual teachings, including meditation, have been adapted and increasingly practiced in Western culture.

The use of Meditation for healing is not new. Meditative techniques are the product of diverse cultures and peoples around the world. It has been rooted in the traditions of the world's great religions. In fact, practically all religious groups practice meditation in one form or another. The value of Meditation to alleviate suffering and promote healing has been known and practiced for thousands of years.

Whereas some traditions are strictly mystical, directed toward a unity with all creation and an infusion with sublime joy, others may be described as more pragmatic, striving instead toward what is simply a state of "being" that includes no aspect of movement or sensation. For some people, especially in the Christian faith, prayer is a form of meditation. What is always involved is time out from the world around and a stilling of the mind.

Although it is possible to learn meditation techniques from a book, it is much better to have a teacher. Failing this, a tape can be helpful. It is usual to start by adopting a comfortable posture in a quiet location and closing your eyes. At first it may be difficult to steer the attention gently away from your racing thoughts without forcing the mind to behave in a set way. The vocal repetition of sounds (a mantra), or a visual object of devotional significance to which the attention may be recalled when necessary, is helpful to some people.

It has been found that meditating effects change heart rate and respiration, helping to reduce stress. As the thoughts slow and the level of tension in the body drops accordingly, feelings of calm, detachment, peace, and sometime joy begin to fill the mind and spread through the body. Meditation promotes a state of deep relaxation, but also mental alertness and openness. An equilibrium between activity in the rational left side of the brain and the creative right side of the brain is established and there is an overall increase in the brain's range of operation. Benefits reported include decreased anxiety, feelings of anger and aggression, depression, nervousness, and physical tension increased awareness and concentration, mental clarity and resilience, creative intuitive powers, emotional stability and control, and also overall health and well-being.

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Yoga And Meditation Go Hand-In-Hand

By MIKE SELVON

Western Researchers are currently studying the healing effects of beta-endorphins released during yoga and meditation that may be curing people of everything from asthma, ADHD and high blood pressure to diabetes, multiple sclerosis and cancer. "Ayudervedic healing," as it's called, has been in practice for over 5,000 years but didn't arrive in the United States until the 1970s. The healing is based on three areas -- diet, herbs and meditation yoga -- particularly "Sahaja Yoga."

In recent years, Sahaja yoga and meditation has caught a lot of media attention for its alleged healing properties, as well as its use at Rikers Island prison in New York City to treat mentally disturbed criminals. It is believed that Sahaja relaxation technique can instill a sense of deep spirituality and facilitates the release and circulation of beta-endorphins associated with wellness. The end goal of its meditation is a sense of inner awakening and union (sometimes referred to as "kundalini").

Students of this branch will study the three vertical energy channels within the human body: the sun channel (governing our thought processes), the parasympathetic / nervous system channel (governing our body processes) and the moon channel (governing our emotions).

In addition to these three channels, millions of chakras (literally translated from Sanskrit to mean "wheels" or energy centers) are swirling around us, keeping the channels in motion. Chakras can vary from religion to religion, but Sahaja relaxation technique focuses on several in its yoga and meditation:

- the crown chakra (pituitary gland / consciousness);

- the third eye chakra (pineal gland / sleep and awakening);

- the throat chakra (thyroid / growth and maturity);

- the heart chakra (thymus / stress and wellbeing);

- the solar plexus chakra (pancreas / digestion and energy);

- the sacral chakra (groin / sexuality and reproduction);

- and the root chakra (adrenal gland / basic fight or flight instincts and kundalini awakening).

Another study is the Raja relaxation technique tradition (the "king" of yoga or "royal path"), which is heavily steeped in spirituality. Practitioners believe in a serious code based upon self-restraint, quietude, concentration, regulation of breathing, uniting body and mind through action, withdrawing from the senses and studying religious texts.

Often retreats are offered (by places like the Margaret Austin Retreat Center in Texas or the Chopra Center in Carlsbad, California) to help students immerse themselves in a new way of thinking. Students will learn about the Eightfold Path and the seven chakras, in addition to yamas and niyamas (code of conduct and religious observances, respectively).

Curious parties can go to SahajaYoga website for more information on the teachers, philosophy and practice of yoga and meditation. If you're in the California region, another highly acclaimed meditation expert and retreat guide is Deepak Chopra, who can be found at Chopra website.

Also, if you go to the Yoga website studio search, you can look up Raja relaxation technique studios near you. IAYT has information regarding healing yoga.

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Daily Accounting Meditation Technique for Remarkable Spiritual Growth

By Anmol Mehta

One of the greatest meditation techniques for making progress in your spiritual evolution, is surprisingly not very well know, or widely practiced. In fact it does not even have a good name, but I call it my Daily Accounting Meditation Technique. This meditation technique is a remarkable tool for self-study, which is the key to self-realization. So what does it mean to do your daily accounting?

Daily accounting meditation means to meticulously, at the very end of the day before going to sleep, review the entire day from the time you woke up to the present moment. During this recall of the day's activities, the following two aspects should be attended to, as reviewing them carefully is the key to understanding the ego-self in action.

1. Emotional Behavior:

As you chronologically go over the day from the time you awoke, pause and reflect upon any episodes that were emotional in nature. See which ones created in you positive emotions and which ones elicited a negative response. In particular, pay attention to those episodes that forced in you a negative emotion.

What made you get angry, jealous, upset, fearful, etc? Think carefully about the situation and especially how it relates to your ego-self. What was it that you wanted and did not get? What was it that you were afraid of losing? What is it that another had, which you wished you possessed? Try and find the root cause of this reaction and study it carefully.

During this contemplation, make sure you do not judge yourself harshly or criticize your behavior. That has no benefits. Instead look upon it like a scientist. An outside, impassionate observer. Just carefully examine what took place. In this way you will start to understand your attachments and understanding your attachments is the first step in being free from them.

As you delve into these episodes, ask yourself if you could have done things differently. In fact, even replay the entire episode with yourself behaving in a more positive, relaxed manner. Practice this way so that the next time you are in a similar situation, you will perhaps be able to handle it will greater composer and poise.

2. Pretentious Behavior:

Again as you replay your day mentally, pause at any episode where you did not behave absolutely honestly. This may not be easy to spot initially, as putting on a false face and manipulating reality has almost become second nature to us. But as you practice this meditation technique, you will be able to better recognize all the pretentious behavior you participate in throughout the day.

Learning to give up this dishonesty, even if it goes in the name of diplomacy, is a very key factor in helping you with your spiritual growth. All the energy you waste in building and keeping up an image of yourself is freed up, as now you are simply going to be who you are, regardless of the consequences. You will find this simple change, to not only be liberating, but also a catalyst for propelling you forward in your spiritual evolution.

Summary:

So there you have the details of this very simple, yet powerful meditation technique to assist you in learning about the ego-self. As the great teachers that have come before us have time and again emphasized, be a light onto yourself. The daily accounting meditation technique is a potent method to shine the light of awareness onto the dark corners of your being, thus leading to eventual illumination and awakening.

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The Power of Concentration Meditation Technique

By Anmol Mehta

Meditation is an invaluable and proven science to optimize health and elevate the quality of one's life. It not only promotes physical health, but also markedly improves emotional balance and psychological wellbeing. There are many types of meditation and in this article we will explore the popular and powerful Concentration Meditation Technique.

Concentration Meditation Techniques:

These are probably the most common and well know of all the meditations and often meditation is defined by these kinds of meditations exclusively. They are closely related to the Insight Meditation Techniques, with the difference being that Insight Meditation Techniques utilize the active application of intelligence and discernment, while the Concentration Meditation techniques use the power of focused attention to a greater degree. To some extent these meditations lay the groundwork for the Insight Meditations which need a high degree of concentration as a prerequisite to being effective.

1. Breath Meditation Technique (Zazen):

The heart of Zen Meditation is Zazen, the meditation of the Buddha. In this meditation, awareness and concentration are brought to the breathing process to help build mastery over the mind and free the system from dualistic thinking.

To practice Zazen one takes a seated posture and then begins to count the flow of one's breath. Counting each inhalation and exhalation starting from one to ten. So, an inhalation is one, the next exhalation is two, and so forth. When one reaches the count of ten, one returns to one and starts counting again. This helps focus the mind and prevents it from drifting endlessly from one thought to another.

As one develops one's ability to count undistracted from one to ten, one starts to count each breath cycle, instead of the inhalation and exhalation separately. So now one counts an inhalation and exhalation as one, the next complete breath as two and so forth till one reaches ten. After reaching ten, one returns to one and repeats the meditation.

In the advanced form of Zazen, one simply becomes the breath. In this form counting is dropped altogether and only keen awareness of the breath is maintained. One should not progress to this level until one has mastered the previous two.

Zazen breath meditation helps develop the power of focused concentration and creates a serene, peaceful mind capable of penetrating the veil of dualistic thinking.

2. Another breath based meditation is Vipassana:

In Vipassana one extends one's awareness from one's breath, to the body and the sensations that rise and fall within it. The objective being to have insight into the workings of the mind through self-observation. This form of meditation is also called Insight Meditation as it helps one develop insight into the true nature of things.

3. Object Concentration Meditation Technique:

There are many meditations that utilize an external object as a focus point for the mind. Zazen and Vipassana belong in this sections as well, but due to their widespread use I mentioned them separately. The objects of focus can be anything from a point on the ceiling, to a flower, to external sounds in the environment. These meditations all develop focus, concentration, self knowledge, calmness and the witnessing consciousness. Their ultimate objective, though, is to have the meditator finally drop the object of concentration and encounter the non-dual nature of Reality directly.

Some examples of these meditations are Sound Awareness Meditation Technique and candle flame gazing (Trataka). Both these meditation utilize the sense modalities to accomplish the goals of concentration meditation.

Summary:

So you see from above that there are many types of concentration meditation techniques. This allows one to choose a type that is most suitable for their personality and disposition. The best way to discover the enormous benefits of meditation is to jump in and participate. What are you waiting for?

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Meditation Timers - Gradual And Slow Awakening From Deep Meditation

By David Barrett

Meditation is undoubtedly one of the best ways to experience a true sense of peace and pleasure. Amidst the hustle and bustle of our busy day to day life, there is one thing almost everybody looks for at one time or another - inner peace. That is the reason why, even modern science has reaffirmed the magical power of meditating and it recommends everybody to include this in their daily schedule. However, since there are several other things to do in this world besides meditating, it is obvious that none of us can spend a whole day in meditation. We must do this on a regular basis, but as per a schedule - for a limited period of time. You need something that could tell you that now it is time to stop meditating and do other things that are also essential for life. This is where the meditation timers come to your rescue. As the name itself suggests, these are alarm machines that will tell you when to stop your meditation. Following are some of the essential characteristics of these timing machines:

Progressive Chiming

Some people use the normal alarm clocks as meditation timers. Here, it is very important for you to understand that you are not in deep sleep when you are in deep meditation. These are two different things, and therefore, must be treated in a different manner. When you set the alarm clock at eight o'clock, as per its features, it starts snoozing as soon as it strikes eight o'clock, and you wake up almost all of a sudden. Such things work when you are waking up from deep sleep, but while you are in deep meditation, you do not want to be awoken in such a way. You want to waken gradually in a soothing way. Therefore, it is always recommended to use specifically built meditation timers for this purpose. Make sure that the timer you have chosen provides you a few minutes of progressive chiming. The soothing music of chimes will give your mind enough time to come out of its reverie. In fact, it is very important for you to understand that the slow and gradual awakening is a core component of meditation. It develops your ability to weave logical dreams. What is more, it also enhances your ability to recall your dreams.

Light Weight

Make sure that the meditation timers you are using are lightweight and easily portable. Sometimes you may plan to undertake the meditation session near a lake or some other place. Therefore, the timers must be quite handy so that you could easily carry it anywhere along with you.

While you are in deep meditation, you stroll into a different world where all you can feel is peace and pleasure. You need something that could help you return to the real world where you can experience the other beauties of life. It is obvious that you cannot keep opening your eyes and checking the time. Therefore, make sure that whenever you undertake a meditation session, the meditation timers are alive around you. This will help you keep everything well-planned.

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Online Meditation Music - Experience The Healing Effects

By David Barrett

Meditation music plays a very important role in helping you achieve the desired level of inner peace and pleasure. This form of music is easily available online. Therefore, you need not visit a large number of shops physically in order to get the right kind of music that you are looking for. There are a large number of choices available to you when it is about choosing the right track to support your meditation session. Depending upon your specific tastes and preferences, you can choose your music track. If you have a computer with Internet access, you can shop for the online meditation music right from the comfort and privacy of your home.

Advantages

Following are some of the fabulous advantages of incorporating music with meditation.

The basic reason why people undertake a meditating session is that they want to counteract the worries of life in an efficient manner, and this is where music proves to be a great help. The right kind of music that touches your soul will evoke calmness and you will soon be led into a state of deep meditation. It is certainly not an easy task to sit down and turn your heart, mind, body, and the entire soul into a peaceful alignment and harmony. However, online meditation music can make this task much easier for you. It has a healing effect not only on your body, but also on your mind, heart, and soul. Meditation with right kind of music will soon free your mind from all sorts of distractions. You will be able to concentrate better. You will start feeling the flow of strong and positive energy in you. No matter how stressful is your life, when you sit to meditate you start feeling good about you as well as everything around. The inner peace and pleasure can be achieved only if you could develop a true harmonic relationship between your mind, heart, and body. The online meditation music will help you develop the same faster.

Choosing The Right Kind Of Music

If you are shopping online, there are several factors that you need to keep in mind in order to make sure that the music you have purchased is the best depending upon your specific taste. The music track you have chosen must be able to revitalize your nervous system. Always remember, your purpose is to create relaxing and soothing environment. The music track must be something that could be used as a perfect stress management technique. It is very important for you to understand that the right type of online meditation music depends upon situation. For example, music for the morning meditation must be different from evening meditation. The morning ones must be refreshing, calming, and tender so that it could help you start your day with a better mood. On the other hand, the evening ones must be capable enough to relieve stress so that you could achieve a sound sleep in the night.

The key is to make sure that the tempo of the online meditation music matches with the specific mood and atmosphere that you want to create for your meditation session.

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Meditation Tips - The Ultimate Doors Of Inner Peace

By David Barrett

Practicing meditation can change your life. It will bring ultimate inner peace and happiness for you. However, in order to get the most out of your meditation efforts, it is important for you to follow the following meditation tips.

Breathing Is The Key

Breathing is one of the most important aspects of meditation. Therefore, when you start learning its various techniques, the first thing that you should learn is how to breathe properly while you are meditating. If you can successfully regulate your breathing, it will have a smooth effect on your meditation. Breathing and the peace of mind have close connections with each other. If you can control your breathing, you can control your thoughts. The basic idea is to slow down and concentrate on your breathing. When you do this, your mind and body also slow down and you will experience the true sense of peace.

No Entry For New Thoughts

It is easier to say than to achieve it in practical. But one of the most important meditation tips is that you have to achieve a state of mind that should stop new thoughts from entering. It is an essential component of a successful meditation session. It is natural for our mind to pursue endless thoughts. You will have to learn to keep a check on that. It is very important for you to understand that the true sense of meditation is all about achieving the inner silence. Always remember that meditating is all about emptying your mind first and then filling it with something divine.

Using Mantras

When we talk about meditation tips, no list is complete without the mention of meditation mantras. Some people have the misconception that mantras are some religious things, but you will be happy to know that in order to use these mantras and achieve the true sense of peace, you do not need to be religious. Even the modern science has reaffirmed its faith in the magical power of mantras. If you want to quiet the restless noise of your mind, you must try practicing mantras. Practicing mantra is all about repeating a sacred word or phrase hundreds of times. This practice will make the journey of meditation much easier for you. Some most popular meditation mantras may include "I am", "I am at peace", "Love", "Peace to all", "All is well", "I surrender to your will" etc. However, the most common mantras come from Sanskrit language, such as "OM (the sound of the Universe)", "Shanti, Shanti, Shanti (Peace, peace, peace)", "Tat Tuan Asmi (I am that I am)" etc.

Regularity Is The Key

Last, but not the least, regularity is the key for successful meditation. Therefore, make sure that you practice all the above guidelines quite regularly in your meditation sessions. Practice makes a man perfect, and this famous phrase is also applicable in meditation.

Overall, when you enter the world of meditation with all the above tips, it will simplify your life and will open the ultimate doors of happiness for you. The above meditation tips will help you achieve the real sense of joy, pleasure and peace.

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Guided Meditation 101 - Pre-Meditation Preparation

By kelly Price

Meditation. What is it? It is not easy to put into words exactly, but more of an experience.

Meditation is that experience where one’s consciousness becomes engrossed and merged with the object of meditation.

If you are an absolute beginner and are interested in meditation, the guided meditation below is for you.

Pre-meditation Preparation

You will need a comfortable place to sit, and it must be absolutely quiet. If no such place exists in your home, you may try sitting in your car.

You must be comfortable, and you must have as little outside distractions as possible.

When you have found this quiet place, sit and try to rid the body of any stress and muscular tension.

This is done by the following exercise.

While you are doing it, someone with a calm voice should read it for you and guide you through the pre-meditation preparation.

Beginning with the toes on your left foot, tense the muscles in those toes for a count of three, then slowly release the tension in the toes, and feel a calm return to the toe area. Do the same with the toes on the right foot.

Next flex the muscles in the left foot for a count of three, then slowly release the tension in the foot. Feel the same relaxed feeling. Do the same with the right foot.

Now move to the calf of the left leg. Isolate the muscles in the calf and tense them to a count of three, then slowly release the tension in the calf. Do the same with the calf of the right leg.

Move to the thigh of the left leg, and repeat the tensing to a count of three, then slowly release the tension. Go the thigh of the right leg and do the same.

Now tense the pelvic area to a count of three, and slowly release the tension. Feel the calmness.Move to the small of the back. Tense it to a count of three and slowly release the tension.

Do the same with your lower abdomen. Tense the muscles there to a count of three ,and then slowly release all the tension.

Move on to your mid-back and lateral muscles. Tense them all to a count of three and slowly release the tension, feeling the calm return.

Go to your chest muscles and tense them all, slowly to a count of three, then slowly release all the tension there, feeling the calm return.

Now tense the muscles of your shoulders to a count of three, then slowly release the tension feeling a peaceful and calmness there.

The same is now done with your neck. Slowly to a count of three tense the neck and slowly release all the tension there.

Now go to the left arm, and tense it up to the wrist to a count of three. Slowly release the tension then in the left arm.

The same now with the right arm, tensing to the wrist up to a count of three, then releasing all tension.

Now clench the left hand, tension the whole hand to a count of three, then slowly releasing the tension.

Do the same now with the right hand, tensing to a count of three and then releasing all tension feeling the calm.

We finish now with a general tension of the face muscles to a count of three, and slowly release all the tension there.

Now sit in quiet for a moment, and we will begin the guided meditation.

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Meditation Online

By Editor 123

In this fast changing world, the importance of meditation cannot be denied. Every now and then, people are looking for internal peace and happiness in their lives to deal with their constant problems. Therefore, meditation has become a real craze in the world where time is running out from hands. Meditation is defined as a specialized technique, or practice that usually makes a person to focus on an object, perhaps a candle, a sound or your breath. So, that for a time being, you can forget about your daily life work pressure and can feel your inner self.

Benefits of Meditation

Meditation is of great importance for a person for dealing with the increasing busyness and work pressures. With proper meditation a person can attain just peace and lots of happiness related with this. As you meditate the number of random thoughts developing in your mind diminishes, as well as your attachment to these thoughts, and your identification with them. This whole process of meditation helps you to keep your mind in rest and give a chance to your body to synchronize with your activities related with brains easily an People suffering from heavy stress can seek big relief into the technique of meditation. It is known as the great stress buster for stress management. Taking stress is not good for the body and you cannot perform perfectly until and unless you get rid of your stress problem. It means your mind is the key to remove stress from your life. Meditation provides experience, relaxation, increased awareness, mental focus, clarity and a sense of peace if practiced regularly. So, learn tricks and tips to get more happiness and peace with proper meditation procedure and process.d effectively. Moreover, the technique of meditation allows your mind activity to settle down and results in you becoming more peaceful, calm and focused.

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How to Meditate

By Juliet Cohen

Meditation is the art of silencing the mind. When the mind is silent, concentration is increased and we experience inner peace in the midst of worldly turmoil. We can learn how to transform our mind from negative to positive, from disturbed to peaceful, from unhappy to happy. Overcoming negative minds and cultivating constructive thoughts is the purpose of the transforming meditations found in the Buddhist tradition. Meditating a few minutes each day is a proven stress reducer, and it can improve your view of life as well. Various types of meditation that are recognized include transcendental meditation, prayer, Zen meditation, Taoist meditation, mindfulness meditation, and Buddhist meditation. Meditation is a practice that brings about not only physical benefits, but psychological benefits as well.

Some methods of meditation may require the body being absolutely still or to be moved with controlled deliberation, while other types allow for free movement of the body. It isn’t difficult to meditate, but it most certainly requires a few elements that are required to maintain an atmosphere that is conducive to meditation. To get the most from meditation you need to do it every day. This requires a place and time where you will not be disturbed. Sit with a straight back. Don’t try to meditate lying down because you are likely to fall asleep. Meditation brings relaxation and peace but at the same time this is a dynamic peace. Meditation is quite different than the relaxation of sleep. Don’t eat before meditating. After a heavy meal your body will be lethargic with digestion.

Observe your breath. Don't try to change the way you are breathing, just let your attention rest on the flow of your breath. The goal is to allow the "chattering" in your mind to gradually fade away. Relax every muscle in your body. Don't rush this, as it takes time to fully relax, and relax bit by bit, starting at your toes, and working up to your head. Take a meditation retreat of at least a few days. Some of these are silent, others are not. Once you experience the feel of actually meditating, you will better know how and if it applies to your life. Some of the benefits of meditation such as concentration. Knowledge of self is also benefits of meditation. Creates a state of deep relaxation and general feeling of wellbeing is benefits of meditation.

Benefits of meditation Tips

1. It decreases respiratory rate.

2. Reduces Pre- menstrual Syndrome.

3. It is also reduces activity of viruses and emotional distress.

4. It is increased learning ability, moral reasoning and memory.

5. Meditation is decreases muscle tension (any pain due to tension) and headaches.

6. Regular practitioners of MTH have increased sizes of chakras and auras making the energy body stronger and more dynamic.

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