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Meditation Techniques

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• Setting a positive background, chanting Mantras and incorporating Mudras are techniques of Meditation.

• Focusing on one’s breathing or gazing at a point or object can also bring in awareness and amplify the effect.

• Lotus Posture (cross legged, head and back in straight line), feet on the thighs, closed eyes can aid Meditation.

• Kneeling Posture is an effective method.

• Egyptians’ sitting posture is another technique.

• Taoist’s standing meditation of  "Embracing the Pillar" is yet another technique.



Meditation Techniques Explained

Sit cross-legged, preferably in yogic Lotus Posture (Padmasana). Sit with the left foot on the right thigh and right leg on the left thigh. If one finds this posture difficult to maintain, one can simply sit cross- legged, to begin with. Close the eyes and turn the inward eye to the inner consciousness. One can visualize a bright light entering through our Sahasrar Chakra at the top of our head and rotate the light inside. Try to eliminate thoughts, but since that will automatically happen in due course, just ignore the thoughts when they appear. Sit quietly, chanting any affirmation that you are comfortable with. This can continue for half an hour. Initially, one can do it for fifteen minutes and gradually increase the time.

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Posted by:  AboutMeditation  Posted on: 05/21/2012
Meditation is a way to tune our bodies, much like you would tune an instrument, the body and mind being our instruments. So the greatest benefit of meditation is the benefit of enabling us to fine tune and control the systems that run our lives.



Posted by:  student  Posted on: 03/18/2012
I believe in the powers of yogas.I am glad I was introduced to this journey. I will be on it the rest of my life.



Posted by:  Deep_Meditation_to_ConnectwithSpirit  Posted on: 02/28/2011
Meditation done properly does not involve intense concentration. Meditation is a passive process which is the result of doing nothing. Meditation is extremely useful for health. Blessings, K and Dr Michael http://www.connectwithspirit.net/



Posted by:  ramnikarathi  Posted on: 06/04/2009
In the past few years, meditating has gone from something talked about only by ‘alternative lifestyle’ proponents to a very mainstream activity, like yoga and healthy eating. The benefits of meditation have become available to the mainstream, and millions of people are more relaxed and centered because of it. Meditation itself has never gone anywhere, however, the information and practice is so widely available now everyone is getting involved.

Meditation is no longer the domain of eastern mystics or enlightened yogis only. Meditation is, in fact, becoming a household practice. Easy to learn, meditation requires no special accessories or equipment, involves no trainers or classes (although some introductory training or group meditations can be beneficial until you learn to relax your mind), and can be done just about anywhere. All you need is to do is commit and once you learn it, you will be able to take a mental break by meditating any time, anywhere.




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