Like this photo that compares the veins of our lungs with the pattern of tree limbs,symmetry is found everywhere. Match your nature with nature, says Joseph Campbell

For people who love Yoga and stick with it, is usually because we find it offers us something more than just the ability to touch our toes. Similarly, our experience outside in nature cant be replicated at a gym or an indoor climbing wall.

My earliest years were spent with my Hippie parents camping out of our Volkswagen in Big Sur, or the Badlands on car trips from Boston to San Francisco and back. The progressive schools I attended in the 1970s introduced me to Yoga and meditation techniques as early as preschool and my favorite high school science project was hawk counting, solo, on a cliff overlooking the Hudson Valley.

In my youth I was immersed in punk/goth and arty subcultures deep in New York City, and for years was a suburban mom and a nonprofit development professional outside of Washington DC. My passion for the outdoors and my love of yoga were relegated to a pretty far-back burner in these other lives. Eventually, the cost of excessively urban and suburban environments, the accompanying loss of time and attention to solitary spiritual connections, were oppressive enough to sink me into deep depression and crisis.

My first savior was a return to Yoga at a small, urban ashram in Bethesda, MD. Concurrently I attended first one and then a second 500-hour Yoga teacher training, slowly transitioning my profession from fundraiser to full-time Yoga instructor.

Yoga and meditation brought me out of depression better than anything else.

I moved to Topanga four years ago, and experienced a second renaissance through my (re)discovery of the beauty of wild nature in the canyon and learning nature connection techniques as taught at my daughters Manzanita School that provides a unique outdoor curriculum.

Like Yoga, spending time in nature conveys benefits that are deeper than mere physical exercise. As it elevates and rejuvenates our spirit, we can also find meaning by aligning ourselves with the forces preserving the planet and its precious resources and inhabitants. More than anything that can be found in the artificially constructed worlds made by humans, nature is reality; it is where we come from and who we truly are.

Yoga and meditation techniques are likewise designed to strip away maya (illusion) to bring us to what is real and the present now. I couldnt help but start to notice more similarities and ways to bridge (or yoke) these two worlds.

The Forest And The Trees. Mythologist Joseph Campbell says, The goal of life is to make your heartbeat match the beat of the universe, to match your nature with nature. Like this photo that compares the veins of our lungs with the pattern of tree limbs, symmetry is found everywhere between the forms and workings of our bodies and the bodies of nature.

James Lovelocks Gaia Hypothesis suggests that our planet may function as one living organism and thus we are all just individual functions of one unified being.

Nature Yoga provides an opportunity to look at both the trees (individual selves) and the forest (greater environment) at the same time.

Artificially Shaped Bodies. Studies show that chairs are causing more damage to public health than smoking (https://www.latimes.com/health/la-xpm-2013-may-25-la-he-dont-sit-20130525-story.html).

Even the most dedicated athletes spend far more time on couches, desks, and sitting in cars and planes. Nature didnt design us for that. Our current lifestyles within human-instead-of nature-designed environments are literally reshaping our bodies and negatively affecting our health with sometimes drastic results such as fused discs, frozen shoulders, and fallen arches.

The earliest described or drawn illustrations of Asanas (poses) were just a few simple seated posesspecifically designed to alleviate the pain resulting from long hours of seated meditationin these same body regions that plague our contemporary sitting-based society.

The Nature Yoga Experience. The first element of Nature Yoga is simply taking the practice outdoors. Yoga already feels different when the ground is uneven beneath our bare feet and we might need more effort from our core to keep steady in standing balance poses. Breathing pure, fresh air with the sun radiating on our skin makes Pranayama and breathwork a delight and particularly healthy as we add the benefits of greater Vitamin D and oxygen supplies.

We can take time to value the animal forms found in the names of many Yoga poses and try to embody the feeling of truly perching like an eagle surveying the land from a high ledge while twisted up in Garudasana (Eagle) pose. In Lizard pose, we can appreciate having our bellies close to the ground, and maybe emulate a few of their push-ups, too.

All five senses come more fully alive outdoors and provide a wonderful launching point for moving into deeper meditation and presence when brought to awareness, as we do when we try to see like an owl does or listen like a deer.

What happens when we return to our original or natural body?

While natures medicine feeds our physical and spiritual bodies, the strength and flexibility Yoga provides feeds directly back into our experience of nature. This is a give and take, much like the love exchange of exhaling your carbon dioxide waste (and thus gifting the trees), and then inhaling to receive natures loving gift of oxygen back.

Nature Yoga is offered monthly on the Manzanita School/Cali Camp campus in Topanga, CA. END SLUG

For more information and a current schedule, go to sarahthomasgulden.com, or follow @natureyogafusion on FaceBook and Instagram.

Manzanita School is located at at 1717 Old Topanga Canyon Road, Topanga, CA 90290. For more information: manzanitaschool.org; (310) 455-9700.

Nature Yoga teacher, Sarah Thomas Gulden, E-RYT 500, is author of Balancing The Wheels: A Practical Guide to Chakras in Yoga and Life. FaceBook:natureyoga; Instagram:@natureyogafusion; Twitter:@silversyoga.

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Mindfulness Meditation Apps Market: Quantitative Market Analysis, Current And Future Trends 2019 to 2029 - My Health Reporter

No one knows where they all came from.

Some are stern, and some are smiling. Some have broken wings.

Some are tall. Some are tiny, tucked between tree roots.

Some look suspiciously like fairies. But thats OK; when an angel appears, shes welcome here.

I think if somethings going to show up, it finds a home. And its meaningful to people, says Joanne Einsmann. Shes the garden coordinator for Unity of Bon Airs Meditation Gardens, a hidden sanctuary behind the church on Buford Road in North Chesterfield.

What we wanted to be is a sacred space for people to come to, Einsmann says. One of the songs that we do in church on Sunday, it says, Youre standing on holy ground, and to me, thats what this place is. It just is. It is.

The paths are a popular place to jog, walk and bike. Couples get married there. Ive chatted with a paramedic who goes there to unwind after a 24-hour shift. Church member Harry Simmons once met a UPS driver who was taking his lunch in the gardens. Its just such a peaceful, beautiful place, the driver said.

Some people nap, some people meditate, and quite a few people play Pokemon Go. (There are several Pokestops on the property, intended for just that purpose.) Einsmann doesnt mind, if it gets them out in the woods, in nature. You know, everybodys doing their own thing.

This is the magic of the Unity gardens: Many people consider the place to be their own. Hence, the appearance of the angels. Sometimes people ask first whether they can contribute a piece of statuary, or a plant. Often, they dont. St. Francis recently assumed a post on the promenade; no one knows who put him there. But Unity will let him stay.

The gardens feel surprisingly big. Theres a rainbow bridge garden, where the ashes of many beloved cats and dogs are buried; an outdoor classroom with wooden benches; a goldfish pond and a gazebo. Farther on is a bridge over a stony streambed, a porch swing and a childrens area with fairy-garden playthings. It just keeps going and going, Einsmann says. Go far enough, and youll find yourself on a short trail that comes out on Peck Road.

Unity a Christian church, not Unitarian is a sister church to Unity of Richmond, near Byrd Park. In the mid-1980s, there were so many congregants south of the river that they decided to form their own church, Unity South. Members rented space at Sabot at Stony Point as they saved money, and in 1996 purchased a rundown ranch home with 2 wooded acres on Buford Road.

It was cheap, says Rusty Rothrock, one of the original members.

But it also had potential, Einsmann says.

Thus began twin transformations: the house into a sanctuary, and the woods into a garden. Rothrock and fellow congregant Lisa Lambeth laid out an initial landscape plan, with a large open area in the center and a path that descended to the stream. A third Unity member, Gary Johnson, drove the bulldozer. Volunteers planted hundreds of small, gallon-sized azaleas and rhododendrons and carted away truckloads of trash. Thus, it began.

As the church expanded outgrowing the ranch house, which in 2011 was replaced with an airy, Arts and Crafts-style church so did the gardens. It wasnt just about landscaping, Rothrock explains. The gardens became a place for congregants to hang out outside of Sunday services and a way to attract new members.

For 16 years they were overseen by master gardener Ayer Chamberlain, who died in 2015. Her favorite spot to sit was a bench by the streambed, with a sign that reads Bon Ayer. In a decade of working with her, Einsmann was inspired to become a master gardener herself, eventually taking over as coordinator.

The responsibility is daunting, she admits. Its huge. Huge. Huge! Fortunately, she has a cadre of about 20 loyal volunteers who weed, mulch, haul, plant and water.

In 23 years, the little shrubs have grown into a great grove. The scraggly divisions of periwinkle and lily of the valley, contributed from members gardens, have spread into flowering carpets.

But the path down to the stream is badly eroded, the water bill hits $1,000 some years, and the church hasnt had the resources to fix everything. Until now.

Last month, a man approached Rothrock. He and his family werent church members, but they had been coming to the gardens for two decades. Hed recently lost his wife, he said, and he wanted to contribute something to the gardens in her name.

Rothrock gave him the gardens wish list, which totaled some $11,000, and invited him to pick an item. He said, Well do the whole thing.

Last week, heavy equipment came in to re-grade the paths. The church will be installing a well, adding erosion controls and perhaps installing a labyrinth. The gardens will be closed for a few weeks while the work is completed. In the spring, it will be glorious.

And who knows? By then, a few more angels might appear.

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Sunday Story: Where the Angels Just Show Up - Richmond magazine

Two community workers who strongly believe that a healthy body and mind equates a healthy society have come together to create awareness about Mental Health Awareness Week that runs from September 23-29.

Neelu Taore, from the Art of Living Foundation who has been helping the community by conduction breathing and meditation techniques for more than a decade along with Peter Young Howick Local Board member who has been organising a host of well being classes throughout the week in Flat Bushwill be hosting a free yoga and meditation session at Ormiston Primary School on September 28 from 8-9am.

As NZ has a very high rate of depression it helps to be aware of your emotions and learn how to handle them through your breath. You can use simple techniques at home to be more aware of yourself and feel happier at the same time with positive mindset, she says.

The foundation has helped millions of people all over the world to de-stress their lives and live happily and is one of the biggest volunteer-based organisation in more than 152 countries worldwide.

On Saturday, September 28 from 8-9am at Ormiston Primary School, Flat Bush.

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A bright water bottle you wont be able to ignore

As the United States Geological Survey says, a whopping 60 percent of the human body is water, so you need to replenish the supply to, you know, function. Besides keeping my mucosal membranes moist and lubricating my joints, I notice that drinking water throughout the day just helps me feel better and more alert. To keep up my reserves, I bring a water bottle everywhere I go. Wirecutter recommends the Hydro Flask 21oz Standard Mouth water bottle, which is leakproof, durable and available in fun, eye-catching colors. I recommend sipping while commuting, while at your desk, and even when you go out to the bar. If you struggle with remembering to drink water, the delightful Twitter account @tinycarebot can prompt you to hydrate as well as take other small breaks.

A soothing meditation app

Although meditation apps cant replace help from a medical or mental health professional, theyre handy tools that can help calm you. If youre just starting out, if youre looking for structured meditations, or if youre the type of person who uses Google Maps because you like being told what to do (guilty), consider Headspace, Wirecutters favorite meditation tool. With multiple recommendations from friends, my therapist, and even a family I babysat for, I bought Headspace after trying out a few free meditations. Headspace offers options based on time limits even for one minute or for processing emotions like anxiety or stress. Ive graduated to mostly meditating on my own, but when Im feeling extra frazzled I still pop on my headphones for a guided session to give my buzzing mind a break.

Yoga from anywhere

When Im traveling or too squeezed for time or, lets be real, lacking the funds to get to a yoga studio I turn to YouTubes free exercise videos. I do Yoga With Adrienes videos regularly to stretch my tense muscles. (Make sure youre in good health before starting an unsupervised exercise routine.) Adrienes videos have great sound quality, sometimes her cute dog pops into view, and her prompts are never judgmental. And you can choose from tons of videos that vary in length and focus. Ive even done a seven-minute stretch in a hotel room after a long day of walking a trade-show floor. If you want to make at-home workouts a regular thing, check out ClassPasss audio classes or apps like The Underbelly from the yoga teacher, New York Times contributor and body-positivity activist Jessamyn Stanley.

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Last week, we learnt that, for guidance and entering into well-being, the people of the Lord need to keep following in His steps and avoiding all distractions. The subject today is that God also gives warning to all people, keeping them from destruction. They, therefore, need to be sensitive to the signs, which God gives and avoid evil. If only we can read in between lines, we can see that the writing on the wall is there, even now. The wrath of God is being revealed from heaven against all the godlessness and wickedness of men who suppress the truth by their wickedness, since what may be known about God is plain to them, because God has made it plain to them.(Rom. 1:18-19).

In Nigeria, and the world at large, today, God has been giving us some signs of impending dangers if we do not change our ways.

Reflections on the Bible Readings for Day (Mattins)The OT (Dan. 5) passage is an example of the arrogance of world rulers and their confrontation with God Who is the controller of history. Belshazzar obviously knew how God had humbled Nebuchadnezzar (cf. Dan. 4) and so acted out of spite (cf. v. 22) in ordering the wining with the holy vessels from Jerusalem. The bringing in of wives, particularly concubines, was the peak of the desecration saga. It was a deliberate act of additional provocation and insult to God and the Jews, especially as most ancient Eastern states, e.g. the Medes and Persians (cf Esther 1) were not allowing women at state banquets. Men and women were mostly segregated in the ancient Near East, except if the Babylonians had a different culture (which had not been established).

The writing on the wall at the climax of the insolence became the open declaration of Gods verdict. It brought Belshazzar to his senses, although too late. However, Daniels interpretation shows that the sign/writing had actually always been there, only that Belshazzar choose to ignore it. The lesson of King Nebuchadnezzar was very clear and, in itself, a writing on the wall that would not need the interpretation of the magicians or prophets. The blindness and negligence of Belshazzar made history to repeat itself.

The NT reading (Acts 25:1-12) is about the trial of Paul before Festus. The Jews plotted to kill him on the way and so demanded that he be taken to Jerusalem. But God led Paul to appeal to Caesar. This is another dimension of divine signification and human discernment by which we are prevented from destruction.The Venerable Dr Princewill Onyinyechukwu Ireoba, FIMC, CMC, is the Rector, Ibru International Ecumenical Centre, Agbarha-Otor, Delta State.princewillireoba@gmail.com, trinityfoundationibrucentre@gmail.com

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The writing on the wall: Meditation for the fourteenth sunday after trinity - Guardian

Mindful Living

We all need a healthy balance between being and doing in our lives. The pace of modern life draws us into cycles of excessive doing and when that happens, the quality of our doing suffers. Of course, if we allow the pendulum to swing too far in the other direction nothing gets done! So we need to find a healthy balance between being and doing. The practice of meditation provides a bridge between being and doing. It helps us to discover our true-self and to live life more deeply and with greater authenticity.

Because we have so little experience of simply being, when we deliberately choose to enter that realm through meditation or mindful activities, it can at first appear to be passive, lifeless and boring. But soon we discover that its not so much that we are doing nothing as that we are doing nothing else we are taking care to simply be. The key question is what is the relationship between our doing our activities of thinking and acting and our state of being? Meditation changes our understanding of the relationship between them so that we discover that in fact being mode is a nourishing and uplifting state that is always available to you, and can be accessed even in the midst of busy daily activity.

The wisdom traditions and religions of the world tell us that we are healthiest when being is primary over doing, when our being informs and guides our doing; in other words, when all our thinking and actions are fully rooted in a state of being. We spend so much time in doing mode that we can lose track of our essential being. When this occurs we can easily become overwhelmed by continual thinking and activity. We become less aware, less integrated, less mindful. Our focus becomes fixed on satisfying our perceived personal needs and maintaining our conditioned lifestyle.

We cannot arrive at this experience of being through doing, through thinking or reading; we arrive there through silence and stillness.

So, what must we do to experience our being? We must enter into stillness and silence. In moments of stillness and silence we experience something deeper within ourselves we might call this our true self. But the silence also mysteriously awakens us to our connectedness to others, to the world around us and the creative energy of the universe. We discover that in stillness and silence we can become free of the bonds of attachment, anxieties, and the desires of the ego. My research into the childs experience of meditation has taught me that young children discover this for themselves when they meditate. In silence we can learn to let go of the constant distractions of the mind, even if only fleetingly when we first begin to meditate. However once we taste it, even for a moment, we recognise there is more to being human than the thinking mind allows. We come to a heart-felt understanding that meditation brings us mysteriously into communion with pure being. And, as our doing becomes more grounded in that understanding of our essential nature, we find we are becoming more peaceful, more fully aware and more fully connected with ourselves and others.

We cannot arrive at this experience of being through doing, through thinking or reading; we arrive there through silence and stillness. All of the wisdom traditions of the world tell us that stillness represents our path back to being. Meditation may appear to be about pressing the pause button, putting life on hold as it were for a short period. But it is much more than that. It is deeply transformative but the change takes place at a level of consciousness deeper than ordinary self-consciousness. It is only over time that we realise our awareness of who we are has become transfigured. Meditation teaches us that we are not our thoughts, not our emotions. It gives rise to another way of knowing, to an awareness that transcends thinking unclouded by your thoughts, feelings and emotions. It is only by meditating that you will appreciate that you can simply be yourself, outside of all the labels of mother, father, son, daughter, partner, teacher, colleague, friend. You discover that none of those things defines who you are; nor does our doing define us. Our doing is not who we are.

Being comes before doing. The full richness of the mode of being is best appreciated through direct experience of meditation. As we remain faithful to our meditation we discover that the quality of our being mysteriously determines the quality of our doing. But it is important to appreciate that we cannot enter being mode from a doing mind-set. We have to let go of all expectation of achievement through meditation. Being mode is not devoted to achieving particular goals. In being mode, the focus is on accepting and allowing what is, without any immediate effort to change it.

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Finding a balance between being and doing - The Irish Catholic

Though everyone may try to locate an area in the house where he/she feels like meditating, vastu may make ones efforts, accurate, fruitful, easy and feasible

Vastu is concerned with human factors which remain the same, in terms of preferences related to mans needs, psychology, socio-cultural identities, family and other life supporting concerns. And though the shape and significance of those concerns have altered with the changing times, but as a social creature, human beings cannot change all the aspects and turn them upside down. Therefore, the tenets of vast u still hold relevance and are followed by almost all classes of society in a rational manner, because when a subject is defined scientifically, it becomes logical.

Meditation

People describe life according to their own philosophy, but most people appreciate competition, struggle, work-speed and future growth targets. And though there is nothing wrong in accepting challenges, balancing the energies amongst the body, mind and soul is also essential. At the same time, one aims for mental peace, sound health and balanced temperaments.

Meditation is one of the best tools to de-stress and streamline human energies. And though meditation is gradually obtaining prominence in modern society and in most of the parts on the globe, defining the perfect method and the real benefit of meditation is still a tricky question. Vastu is a science of directions and vibrations and studies, analyses and defines the proper direction for each activity.

Meditation And Its Positive Effects On The Brain

Vastu Helps

According to vastu, there is a proper direction and location for every deed. Meditation cannot be categorised as an ordinary human action like sleeping. playing, eating. working, driving or doing exercise. It is something which is similar to creating a very sensitive thread by way of synchronising the outer-self and inner-self. Initially, anchoring the uncontrollable mind to concentrate on a given holy task, needs deliberate efforts.

And as per vastu, every activity needs a perfect mix of physical and occult peripherals like proper light, sound, echo, temperature, colours, humidity and auric sphere. In short, these may be defined factors for a conducive situation or condition required for meditation. Peace, sound, breath, concentration, calming ambience and a happy mood are the primary requirements for starting meditation. So, though everyone may try to locate such an area in the house, where he/she feels like getting all or few of the above, vastu may make ones efforts, accurate, fruitful, easy and feasible.

Positive Vibrations

The east direction is known to be the direction of the lord Sun, the God of knowledge, holiness, wisdom and positive thinking. North-east is defined as the sub-direction for innovation and creativity. North is the coolest direction and related with powerful magnetic flux, meant for concentration and cool temperaments. It means that these directions are best suited for doing any such activity that needs concentration, a calming environment and holiness of the lord Sun. It is filled with positive vibes which are necessary for meditation beneficial directions.

If a place is filled with positive vibes, after meditation one may feel charged with positivity and rejuvenated. Therefore. try to choose the area of east, north-east and north for any spiritual activity. However, other directions are also good, but avoid choosing the south-west direction for tranquil endeavours such as meditation.

Supportive Elements

Small plants, flowers, open areas, green grass, light shadows, morning hours, light colours, light apparels, quiet environment and accurate light are the factors which are easily and naturally available in the north-east direction and one can easily harness this positive energy to add to the fulfilment of practicing meditation. On the contrary, heavy noise, dark colours, sharp light, noon or afternoon hours, stressed areas, harsh music and cluttering etc. are hindrances to meditation and may not be helpful.

For quick concentration while doing meditation, one should try to face the east or north-east and keep away all electronic and electric gadgets. Mobile phone, computers, TV sets, electric stabilisers and other such objects should either be put oft or put away while concentrating.

Flow Of Energy

The full body should be tree of bonds and bindings like leather belt, wrist watch and other such objects because at the time of channelizing the energy in kundalini (seven energy centres the seven glands) from moladhara (base chakra) to crown chakra, such blockages may block the proper flow of energy and the purpose of meditation may remain unaccomplished. Therefore, all possible measures should be initiated while meditating, since it is also a means to achieve spiritual self- actualisation.

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Beneficial Directions For Meditation - Version Weekly

Did you know that there are as many meditation techniques as there are sports? And the only way to find out the best types of meditation for you is to try them.

As you may know, meditation has dozens of benefits, and everybody is doing it. You look for information online or on a bookstore, and see that there are a LOT of different styles of meditation. You wonder which way is best for you.

This is a very important question. Different types of meditation have different benefits. Some of them will work better for you than othersjust like different sports or diets work better for some people than for others.

There are literally hundredsif not thousandsof types of meditation, so here I will explore only the most popular ones. The purpose of this article is to help you experiment different meditation techniques, and find the ones that works best for you.

Finding the right style for you, and practicing it with the right approach, is one of the three essential Pillars of Meditation.

There is no cookie-cutter approach to meditation. You need to experiment many, and find the one that works best for your unique needs and personality. The type of meditation that is most helpful against anxiety, for instance, is not necessarily the best one against depression or for spiritual awakening.

If you prefer more dynamic meditation techniques, have a look at my walking meditation guide. Or, if you already have some experience with meditation, you might enjoy reading about the meditation experiments I was doing while writing this post.

The advice regarding the posture of meditation is very similar among the different styles of seated practice, so I will go into more detail about it only once, when talking about the first technique (Zen meditation).

I have strived to include a Is it for me? section, with general observations about each practice. Keep in mind these are tentative; they are there to give some direction, and potentially any person could feel attracted to any of these modalities.

This article does NOT tell you which isthe best type of meditation because there is no such thing, and Im not here to create controversy. Also, I have here focused more on meditative practices; I may write another article on other similar practices, that are more about relaxation or contemplation.

If you are a beginner, you may also enjoy the post on meditation tipsand meditation for beginners how to build the habit.

On the other hand, if you are looking for the historical background of how meditation developed over the centuries, check out my history of meditation article.

By the way, do you want to have a PDF version of this article, for easy future reference?

Scientists usually classify meditation based on the way they focus attention, into two categories: Focused Attention and Open Monitoring. Id like to propose a third: Effortless Presence.

Focusing the attention on a single objectduring the whole meditation session. This object may be the breath, a mantra, visualization, part of the body, external object, etc. As the practitioner advances, his ability to keep the flow of attention in the chosen object gets stronger, and distractions become less common and short-lived. Both the depth and steadiness of his attention are developed.

Examples of these are:Samatha (Buddhist meditation), some forms of Zazen, Loving Kindness Meditation, Chakra Meditation, Kundalini Meditation, Sound Meditation, Mantra Meditation, Pranayama, some forms of Qigong, and many others.

Instead of focusing the attention on any one object, we keep it open, monitoring all aspects of our experience, without judgment or attachment. All perceptions, be them internal (thoughts, feelings, memory, etc.) or external (sound, smell, etc.), are recognized and seen for what they are. It is the process of non-reactive monitoring of the content of experience from moment to moment, without going into them. Examples are: Mindfulness meditation, Vipassana, as well as some types of Taoist Meditation.

Its the state where the attention is not focused on anything in particular, but reposes on itself quiet, empty, steady, and introverted. We can also call it Choiceless Awareness or Pure Being. Most of the meditation quotes you find speak of this state.

This is actually the true purpose behind all kinds of meditation, and not a meditation type in itself. All traditional techniques of meditationrecognize that the object of focus, and even the process of monitoring, is just a means to train the mind, so that effortless inner silence and deeper states of consciousness can be discovered. Eventually, both the object of focus and the process itself is left behind, and there is only left the true self of the practitioner, as pure presence.

In some techniques, this is the only focus, from the beginning. Examples are: the Self-Enquiry (I am meditation) of Ramana Maharishi; Dzogchen; Mahamudra; some forms of Taoist Meditation; and some advanced forms of Raja Yoga. In my point of view, this type of meditation always requires previous training to be effective, even though this is sometimes not expressly said (only implied).

Zazen ()means seated Zen, or seated meditation, in Japanese. It has its roots in the Chinese Zen Buddhism (Chan) tradition, tracing back to Indian monk Bodhidharma (6th century CE). In the West, its most popular forms comes from Dogen Zenji (1200~1253), the founder of Soto Zen movement in Japan. Similar modalities are practiced in the Rinzaischool of Zen, in Japan and Korea.

It is generally practiced seated on the floor over a mat and cushion, with crossed legs. Traditionally it was done in the so-called lotus or half-lotusposition, but this is hardly necessary. Nowadays most practitioners sitlike this:

Or on a chair:

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The most important aspect, as you see in the pictures, is keeping the back completely straight, from the pelvis to the neck. Mouth is kept close and eyes are kept lowered, with your gaze resting on the ground about two or three feet in front of you.

As to the mind aspect of it, its usually practiced in two ways:

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Zazen is a very sober meditation style, and you can easily find a lot of strong communities practicing it, as well as plenty of information on the internet. There is a lot of emphasis in keeping the right posture, as an aid for concentration. It is usually practiced in Zen Buddhist centers (Sangha), with strong community support.

In many of them you will find it coupled withother elements of Buddhist practice: prostrations, a bit of ritualism,chanting, and group readings of the Buddha teachings. Some people will like this, others wont. Personally, I practiced zazen in a Buddhist group for 3 years, and I found that those elements and a bit of formality can also help create a structure for the practice, and in themselves they are also meditative.

Vipassana is a Pali word that means insight or clear seeing. It is a traditional Buddhist practice,dating back to 6th century BC.Vipassana-meditation, as taught in the last few decades, comes from the Theravada Buddhist tradition, and was popularizedby S. N. Goenka and the Vipassana movement.

Due to the popularity of Vipassan-meditation, the mindfulness of breathing has gained further popularity in the West as mindfulness.

Ideally, one is to siton a cushion on the floor, cross-legged, with your spine erect; alternatively, a chair may be used, but the back should not be supported.

The first aspect is to develop concentration, throughsamatha practice. This is typicallydone through breathing awareness.

Focus all your attention, from moment to moment, on the movement of your breath. Notice the subtle sensations of the movement of the abdomen rising and falling. Alternatively, one can focus on the sensation of the air passing through the nostrils and touching the upper lips skin thoughthis requires a bit more practice, and is more advanced.

As you focus on the breath, you will notice that other perceptions and sensations continue to appear: sounds, feelings in the body, emotions, etc. Simply notice these phenomena as they emerge in the field of awareness, and then return to the sensation of breathing. The attention is kept in the object of concentration (the breathing), while these other thoughts or sensations are there simply as background noise.

The object that is the focus of the practice (for instance, the movement of the abdomen) is called the primary object. And a secondary object is anything else that arises in your field of perception either through your five senses (sound, smell, itchiness in the body, etc.) or through the mind (thought, memory, feeling, etc.). If a secondary object hooks your attention and pulls it away, or if it causes desire or aversion to appear, you should focus on the secondary object for a moment or two, labeling it with a mental note, like thinking, memory, hearing, desiring. This practice is often called noting.

A mental note identifies an object in general but not in detail. When youre aware of a sound, for example, label it hearing instead of motorcycle, voices or barking dog. If an unpleasant sensation arises, note pain or feeling instead of knee pain or my back pain. Then return your attention to the primary meditation object. When aware of a fragrance, say the mental note smelling for a moment or two. You dont have to identify the scent.

When one has thus gained access concentration, the attention is then turned to the object of practice, which is normally thought or bodily sensations. One observes the objects of awareness without attachment, letting thoughts and sensations arise and pass away of their own accord. Mental labeling (explained above) is often use as a way to prevent you from being carried away by thoughts, and keep you in more objectively noticing them.

As a result one develops the clear seeing that the observed phenomena is pervaded by the three marks of existence: impermanence (annica), insatisfactoriness (dukkha) and emptiness of self (annata). As a result, equanimity, peace and inner freedom is developed in relation to these inputs.

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Vipassana is an excellent meditation to help you ground yourself in your body, and understand how the processes of your mind work. It is a very popular styleof meditation. You can find plenty of teachers, websites, and books about it, as well as 3~10 days retreats (donation based). The teaching of it is always free.There are no formalities or rituals attached to the practice.

If you are completely new to meditation, Vipassana or Mindfulness are probably good ways for you to start.

Mindfulness Meditation is an adaptation from traditionalBuddhist meditation practices, especially Vipassana, but also having strong influence from otherlineages (such as the VietnameseZen Buddhism from Thich Nhat Hanh).Mindfulness is the common western translation for the Buddhist term sati. Anapanasati, mindfulness of breathing, is part of the Buddhist practice of Vipassana or insight meditation, and other Buddhist meditational practices, such as zazen (source: Wikipedia).

One of the main influencers for Mindfulness in the West is John Kabat-Zinn. His Mindfulness-Based Stress Reductionprogram (MBSR) which he developed in 1979 at theUniversity of Massachusetts Medical School has been used in several hospitals and health clinic on the past decades.

Mindfulness meditation is the practice of intentionally focusing on the present moment,accepting and non-judgmentally paying attention to the sensations, thoughts, and emotions that arise.

For the formal practice time, sit on a cushion on the floor, or on a chair, with straight and unsupported back. Pay close attention to the movement of your breath. When you breath in, be aware that you are breathing in, and how it feels. When you breath out, be aware you are breathing out. Do like this for the length of your meditation practice, constantly redirecting the attention to the breath. Or you can move on to be paying attention to the sensations, thoughts and feelings that arise.

The effort is to not intentionally add anything to our present moment experience, but to be aware of what is going on, without losing ourselves in anything that arises.

Your mind will get distracted into going along with sounds, sensations, and thoughts. Whenever that happens, gently recognize that you have been distracted, and bring the attention back to the breathing, or to the objective noticing of that thought or sensation. There is a big different between beinginside the thought/sensation, and simplybeing aware of its presence.

Learn to enjoy your practice. Once you are done, appreciate how different the body and mind feel.

There is also the practice of mindfulness during our daily activities: while eating, walking, and talking. For daily life meditation, the practice is to pay attention to what is going on in the present moment, to be aware of what is happening and not living in automatic mode. If you are speaking, that means paying attention to the words you speak, how you speak them, and to listen with presence and attention. If you are walking, that means being more aware of your body movements, your feet touching the ground, the sounds you are hearing, etc.

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For the general public, this is perhaps the most advisable way to get started with meditation. It is the type of meditation that is most taught at schools and hospitals, as far as I am aware.The mindfulness movement as practiced nowadays in society at large, is not Buddhism, but anadaptation of Buddhist practices due to their benefits ingood physical and mental health and general wellbeing.

For most people, Mindfulness Meditation may be theonly type of meditation they will like, especially if their focus is only the physical and mental benefits of meditation, as it is usuallytaught dissociated from several of the easternconcepts and philosophies that traditionally accompaniedthe practice. And for that it is great it willbring many good thingsto your life.

If your focus is a deeper transformation and spiritual development, however, then mindfulness meditation may be just an initial step for you. From here you can then move into Vipassana, Zazen, or other types of meditation.

Mettais a Pali word that means kindness, benevolence, and good will. This practice comes from the Buddhist traditions, especially theTheravada and Tibetan lineages.Compassion meditation is a contemporary scientific field that demonstrates the efficacy of metta and related meditative practices.

Demonstrated benefits include:boosting ones ability to empathize with others;development of positive emotions through compassion, including a more loving attitude towards oneself; increasedself-acceptance; greater feeling of competence about ones life; and increased feeling of purpose in life (read more in our other post).

One sits down in a meditation position,with closed eyes, and generates in his mind and heart feelings of kindness and benevolence.Start by developing loving-kindness towards yourself, then progressively towards others and all beings. Usually this progression is advised:

The feeling to be developed is that of wishing happiness and well-being for all. This practice may be aided byreciting specific words or sentences that evoke theboundless warm-hearted feeling, visualizing the suffering of others and sending love; or by imagining the state of another being, and wishing him happiness and peace.

The more you practice this meditation, the more joy you will experience. That is the secret of Mathieu Richards happiness.

For one who attends properly to the liberation of the heart by benevolence, unarisen ill will does not arise and arisen ill will is abandoned. The Buddha

In this article, Emma Seppl, Ph.D explores the 18 scientifically proven benefits of Loving-Kindness meditation.

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Are you sometimes too hard on yourself oronothers? Or feel like you need to improve your relationships? Loving-kindness meditation will help you. It is beneficial both for selfless and self-centered people, and it will help increase your general level of happiness. You cannot feel loving-kindness and depression (or any other negative feeling)at the same time.

It is also often recommended, by Buddhist teachers, as anantidoteto insomnia, nightmares, or anger issues.

A mantrais a syllable or word, usually without any particular meaning,that is repeated for the purpose of focusing your mind. It is not an affirmation used to convince yourself of something.

Some meditation teachers insist that both the choice of word, and its correct pronunciation, is very important, due to the vibration associated to the sound and meaning, and that for this reason an initiation into it is essential. Others say that the mantra itself is only a tool to focus the mind, and the chosen word is completely irrelevant.

Mantras are used in Hindu traditions, Buddhist traditions (especially Tibetan and Pure LandBuddhism), as wellas in Jainism, Sikhism and Daoism (Taoism). Somepeople call mantra meditation om meditation, but that is just one of the mantras that can be used.A more devotion oriented practice of mantras is calledjapa, and consists of repeating sacred sounds (name of God) with love.

As most type of meditations, it is usually practiced sitting with spine erect, and eyes closed. The practitioner then repeats the mantra in his mind, silently, over and over again during the whole session.

Sometimes this practice is coupled with being aware of the breathing or coordinating with it. In other exercises, the mantra is actually whispered very lightly and softly, as an aid to concentration.

As you repeat the mantra, it creates a mental vibration that allows the mind to experience deeper levels of awareness. As you meditate, the mantra becomes increasingly abstract and indistinct, until youre finally led into the field of pure consciousness from which the vibration arose.Repetition of the mantra helps you disconnect from the thoughts filling your mind so that perhaps you may slip into the gap between thoughts. The mantra is a tool to support your meditation practice. Mantras can be viewed as ancient power words with subtle intentions that help us connect to spirit, the source of everything in the universe. (Deepak Chopra)

Here are some of the most well-known mantras from the Hindu & Buddhist traditions:

You may practice for a certain period of time, or for a set number of repetitions traditionally 108 or 1008. In the latter case, beads are typically used for keeping count.

As the practice deepens, you may find that the mantra continues by itself like the humming of the mind. Or the mantra may even disappear, and you are left in a state of deep inner peace.

There are many methods of mantra meditation. I explain them in detail, together with why mantras are powerful, on my article on mantra meditation.Learn more:

People usually find that it is easier to focus with a mantra than with the breathing. Because a mantra is a word, and thoughts are usually perceived as words, it can be easier to keep the focus on a mantra rather than on the breathing. It is useful especially when the mind is racing with many thoughts, since it mantra meditation demands constant attention.

Meditating with a mantra can also make it simpler tointegrate your meditative state into your daily life. In whatever activity you find yourself into, it can be as simple as repeating the mantra in your mind.

Transcendental Meditation is a specific form of Mantra Meditation introduced by Maharishi Mahesh Yogi in 1955 in Indiaand the West.In the late 1960s and early 1970s, the Maharishi achieved fame as the guru to the Beatles, The Beach Boys and other celebrities.

It is a widely practiced form of meditation, with over 5million practitioners worldwide, and there isa lot of scientific research, many sponsored by the organization, demonstrating the benefits of the practice. There are over 600 scientific papers, many of them peer-reviewed, and I have used part of their research when composing my benefits of meditation page. However, there are also critics of the Maharishi and his organization, and some accusation of cultish behavior and doubtful research practices.

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Transcendental meditation is not taught freely. The only way of learning it is to pay to learn from one of their licensed instructors. The support given seems to be good, though.

In general, however, it is known that TM involves the use of a mantra and is practiced for 1520 minutes twice per day while sitting with ones eyes closed. The mantra is not unique, and is given to the practitioner based on his gender and age. They are also not meaningless sounds rather, they are Tantric names of Hindu deities. This probably is irrelevant for most people.

This is the official site of the movement:TM site.

There is another similar technique,calledNatural Stress Relief, which was created in 2003 by a former TM Teacher, and is much cheaper to learn (47 USD instead of 960 USD), and has stripped out some mystical elements of the practice of TM, such as the initiation (puja) and yogic flying (part of TM-Siddhi). You can learn more about NSR in comparison to TM here and here.

Personally I dont feel comfortable advising anyone to try Transcendental Meditation anymore, especially if you are looking to go deep into meditation. To know more, check out this answer I wrote in Quora.

If you wish to try something similar, for a fraction of the cost or for free, have a look at NSR (above), or Mantra Meditation.

There is not one type of meditation which is Yogic Meditation, so here it is meant the several meditation types taught in the yoga tradition. Yoga means union. Tradition goes as far as 1700 B.C, and has as its highest goal spiritual purification and Self-Knowledge. Classical Yoga divides the practice into rules of conduct (yamas and niyamas), physical postures (asanas), breathing exercises (pranayama), and contemplative practicesof meditation (pratyahara, dharana, dhyana, samadhi).

The Yoga tradition is the oldest meditation tradition on earth, and also the one with the widest variety of practices.

Here are some types of meditation practiced in Yoga. The most commonand universal Yoga meditation one is the third eyemeditation. Other popular ones involve concentrating on a chakra, repeating a mantra, visualization of light, or gazing meditations.

Yoga is a very rich tradition, with different lineages, so there are many other techniques. But the ones above are the most well-known; the others are more specific or complex.

For a start, this video is an excellent resource on how to do Yoga style meditation, and it combines breathing, body awareness, mantra, and chakra meditation.

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With all these types of meditation in Yoga, you are likely to find one that you like.If you are a musician, perhaps nada yogais something that will attract you. If you are a devotional person, kriya yogais a good option. Kundalini and Chakra meditation should only be attempted with a teacher.

Probably the simplest one to try is the third eye meditation, which is simple and yieldsresults fairly quickly. For the other types you would probably need more instruction, either of a teacher or a good book (see references above). Besides, Pranayamais definitely something anyone can benefit from.

Self-Enquiry is the English translation for the Sanskrit termatmavichara. It means to investigate our true nature, to find the answer to the Who am I? question, which culminates with the intimate knowledge of our true Self, our true being. We see references to this meditation in very old Indian texts; however, it was greatly popularized and expanded upon by the 20th-century Indian sage Ramana Maharshi (1879~1950).

The modern non-duality movement (or neo-advaita), which is greatly inspired in his teachings as well as those of Nisargadatta Maharaj (1897~1981) and Papaji strongly uses this technique and variations. Many contemporaryteachers to employ this technique, the most famous ones being Mooji (whom Ive personally been with and recommend), Adyashanti, and Eckhart Tolle.

This practice is very simple, but also very subtle. When explaining it, however, it may sound very abstract.

Your sense of I (or ego) is the center of your universe. It is there, in some form or another, behind all your thoughts, emotions, memories, and perceptions. Yet we are not clear about what this I is about who we truly are, in essence and confuse it with our body, our mind, our roles, our labels. Its the biggest mystery in our lives.

With Self-Enquiry, the question Who I am?is asked withinyourself. You must reject any verbal answers that may come, and use this question simply as a tool to fix your attention in the subjective feeling of Ior I am. Become one with it, go deep into it. This will then reveal your true I, your real self as pure consciousness, beyond all limitation. It is not an intellectual pursuit, but a question to bring the attention to the core element of your perception and experience: the I. This is not your personality, but a pure, subjective, feeling of existing without any images or concepts attached to it.Whenever thoughts/feelings arise, you ask yourself, To whom does this arise? or Who is aware of _____ (anger, fear, pain, or whatever)? The answer will be Its me!. From then you ask Who am I?, to bring the attention back to the subjective feeling ofself, of presence. It is pure existence, objectless and choice-less awareness.

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