Easy Meditation Techniques

Are there easy meditation techniques, and are they worth the time? Doesn't good meditation practice take time, self discipline and effort? Yes. But before people are ready to make that commitment they may want to have a little taste of what they might get. Start with one of these easy meditations and you might discover that you want more.

A Basic Mini-Meditation

The easiest and quickest of the three here, for this one you just need to find a quiet place and stop any time during your day to take several deep slow breaths through you nose. It's best to close your eyes while you do this, and to let the tension drain from your body as you breath deeply.

This just takes a minute, but do it several times daily. You'll get none of the more profound effects of deeper meditation, but you'll find it relaxes you and clears your mind. Choose to think about something encouraging as you go back to your work, and you'll amplify the latter effect. Any good thoughts will work. The point is primarily to change whatever is on your mind, to refocus your attention for the moment, which reminds you that you can choose where to place you attention.

Simple Breath Watching

Another of these easy meditation techniques, try this one in any quiet location. It will take about five to ten minutes. Close your eyes and breath deeply through your nose while releasing tension from your muscles as much as possible. Tensing them up and then releasing might help.

Pay attention to your breath, and after a few deep inhalations, just allow your breathing to fall into a comfortable and natural pattern. "Watch" (mentally) the air coming and going from your nostrils, and let other thoughts fade away.

Other thoughts and images will come into your consciousness, but simply bring your attention gently back to your breathing. Do this for about five to ten minutes, or until your mind settles down and the intruding thoughts come less frequently. Finally, take a deep breath as you slowly open your eyes and reorient yourself to your surroundings.

This is a short meditation, but it can be powerful. It may make things appear a bit different - fresher or newer perhaps. You might also notice that you are still you without your thoughts. If you like the effect, this can be extended into a longer mediation session of course.

Brainwave Entrainment CDs

Decades ago people noticed that certain music was conducive to a meditative state. Later it was discovered that this was due to how the musical beats affected the brainwaves of listeners. The beats slowed down the brain wave patterns into the "alpha" state which is associated with meditation - and also passed through every time you go into deeper brainwave patterns and finally sleep.

This knowledge was eventually used to create brainwave entrainment technologies which you can buy in the form of meditation CDs or MP3 recordings. Of the easy meditation techniques covered here, this is by far the easiest to use. Just play the CD with headphones on and it takes you into a meditative state. Lay down and these CDs will almost certainly put you to sleep - another use.

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