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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