How Meditation works

Meditation types  in different cultures

• Relaxation Meditations  
• Children's Meditations 
• Buddhist Meditations 
• Zen Meditations 
• Transcendental Meditations 
• Taoist Meditations 
• Vipassana Meditations 

How to Meditate (for Beginners)

Before you start practicing it or get ready for any exercises or go for reading  further instructions on how to meditate, it is essential that you should know  this one critical fact and a misunderstanding about meditation.

I have included exercises that are also best for students  Before doing exercises for meditations, you must know how to ground yourself and prepare yourself for meditation.  

Do we need total inner silence ?

It is a normal belief that you must experience a complete  inner silence when you are sitting to meditate, and flow of  any thoughts means that you are failing.

It's quite common  false notion of what meditation is and often beginners think they are failed.

You do not  have to effort for  total mental silence to be successful at meditation.

Of course during  meditation we  achieve mental silence, but all you need it to bring your brain waves alpha to lower level at slow waves of thoughts and you will sure feel relaxed even if you can reduce your mental activity by just 20 to 30 percent.

So many  beginners think as though they are failing when they feel they cnt silence thoughts coming in mind during meditation. As a Result they soon after a month or two quit practicing meditation.

Is flow of thoughts a normal during meditation ?

Of course   mind is not like that  you  just switch off like a electric switch, but thoughts are a totally natural flow and   you can not  silence them or switch off at once.

It is important to remember that meditation at early stage is not some thing that can be measured in success or a failure.

 silencing your mind in meditation is a good practice, but ability to reach this state through meditation will gradually  improve and deepen over time, and you should never think  as though you are failing just because thoughts arise.

Before you start meditation,  free  your mind to relax and enjoy the first experience to reach  inner silence at with passage of time.

How you  reduce stress?

We all know meditation reduce stress , but still common objections are; 'It is too hard, i can't sit  for  long, or mind wanders, and  can't still my thoughts"

It has been observed that  Guided Meditation leads you safely through the entire process and practice to achieve the goal. 

First draw your attention to  breath, and then periodically  relaxes the muscles of your body. You are then led step by step  journey to  deep relaxation. Hardly ten minutes  you need to freshen yourself  and recharge.Read Self healing meditation

Advanced Guided Meditations

Guided meditations are nice  natural and easy, if you have  enjoyed beginner meditations.

Guided Meditation is good for  for Beginners, and brings many benefits like Reduced stress, Clarity of mind and Connection to your true-self

One of the most common things people say when talking about how to meditate is this:

1.   "Oh I can not meditate its so hard to sit and  do long process."

It is because we have busy life and  have a lot on our minds these days, so it can be very difficult to cope with. But it might surprise you to know that Your Mind is Like a River and trying  to stop thoughts in  your mind from thinking is like trying to stop a river from flowing with your  hands...it's almost impossible.

Learning meditation brings u to learn to step out of river of thoughts, and let your thoughts to pass effortlessly and soon you will notice that flow of thoughts getting slow down at its own and you do not need any efforts to relax. Remember 

Meditation is process of letting go and not act of shutting down"

What you experience when you begin meditation ?

you might have few or all of the following experiences

• Due to flow of thoughts your mind  wonders. it  is quite natural and expected. Just let  them flow accept thoughts and then  bring yourself back to meditation.

•   You will meet  memories and images or thoughts that you may have not met  about in years back. Just acknowledge them, accept them and bring your awareness back to  for meditation.

• You may feel any part of body  part is sore or itchy,  just acknowledge it and bring your awareness back to  meditation. Often, it will go away. But if it continues to irritate you then you may  change your body positions.

• You start to analyze yourself but better do not analyze this stuff .Remember this is time for meditation only not for psychotherapy. 

· Breathing meditation - Conscious diaphragmatic breathing is a great meditation for  relaxing to the autonomic nervous system and a powerful weapon against stress depression or any  anxiety.

· Chanting Meditation - In such you  simply repeats a sentence or  words that have a phonetic significance to attract positive energies in you.

Transcendental Meditation It  is a technique for avoiding distracting thoughts and more for a relaxed awareness.You  repeats a single word or phrase  and is taught to allow other thoughts and feelings to pass or let go.

A Mindfulness Meditation - Oldest forms of Buddhist meditation. A typical meditation is of focusing your full attention on your breath, as it flows in inhale  and out of your body exhale . Focusing on each breath coming in and going out in this way allows you to observe your thoughts as they connects  in your mind and, little by little, to let go of struggling with them. soon you  realize that thoughts come and go of their own way ; that you are not your thoughts. Psychologists recommend this type of meditation as it is a very effective  for stress-reduction, depression, anxiety and  emotional difficulties.

Guided Meditation - You  learns "meditation with the help of a guide or meditation teacher," or you may start by  listening to a guided meditation recording or video etc.

Walking Meditation - In such you  can meditate while you are on your feet and walking . You can sure  turn the simple act of walking into a tranquil meditative experience.

Imagery Meditation - A technique in which  the use of visualization works so  as to tailor your meditation to achieve specific results, from healing to stress relief, personal development and more.

Chakra Meditation - Such  meditation focuses on the energy points in the body  normally seven  and can be as long or short as you'd like. This method  uses specific visualizations so as to open and cleanse the seven  major energy points or wheels  in the body. The chakra meditation is an good  way to recharge your body, mind and soul to revitalize you from the inside out and bring great success. 

A good nice way of meditation.

 Meditation specially for beginners could be very pretty simple and can be taught in few simple steps. but  the execution may seem to be difficult at the beginning because it's not easy to train your mind. It can be used to  empty your mind of thoughts but to prevent them from coming back is little difficult. 

The most easy way to learn  is the focused conscious diaphragmatic breathing method. In such  method you are made to sit or lay comfortably while focusing on the sound of your breathing.

You need to close your eyes and turn your attention to your breath and keep your breathing at a constant pace. While focused on your breathing you may have different thoughts , simply put  them aside and return to sound of your breathing again.

Concentration or focusing  is very important  for meditation. Concentrate on your breathing and feel that  tensions in the body gone away. Meditating with closed eyes may be challenging in the beginning. Put  a candle and may use  it as your point of focus  This can be very powerful to keep you in focused state.

As your conscious mind begins to let go,  you will feel your body relaxing and may experience tingling sensations and muscle relaxing , you are getting deep into you relaxation. Let this wonderful, relaxing feeling flow in your body.

Exercise For Practice:

 How to start Meditation.

Discipline is most important in life that makes life easy stress less, start gaining it through meditation. Set a proper place and time for it.

1.     Wear a comfortable clothes and put yourself in a comfortable position.

2.     Warm up and stretch a little bit by doing some simple Yoga Postures.

3.     Select a comfortable position, breath and rest your hands on your lap. Your back bone, neck and head should remain straight. You may sit cross legged on the floor, in a straight back chair or lying down on a comfortable surface.

4.     Time to breathe slowly and deeply and focus on relaxing your parts of body. Close your eyes. Begin by taking a few slow and deep breaths a very slow - inhaling and exhaling from your nose with your mouth closed. 

5.     Don't force your breathing. Let it come naturally as in daily routine. The first few intakes of air are likely to be shallow, but as you allow more air to fill your lungs each time, your breaths will gradually become deeper and fuller. 

6.     Your breathing will eventually slow down and become deeper. This way, in turn will relax your body muscles and reduce your heart rate.

7.     Gently observe your breathing and bring your attention back to your breathing. Take  as long as you need to breathe slowly and deeply. 

8.     Focus and center your attention on your breathing. more you be breathing deeply, you'll begin to feel calmer and more relaxed. Continue focusing on your breaths for as long as you like. As you develop greater focus power, you will find it easier to concentrate.

9.     Again repeat to practice the above for near 10-15 minutes per day. 

Again repeat to practice the above for near 10-15 minutes per day. 

First thing in the morning is the best time for meditating as your mind is peaceful and relaxed or an hour before sun set as geographically earth slows down its rotation.

Make a commitment to meditate daily, and soon over time, you will enjoy the benefits of deeper consciousness and awareness and this  habit will sure  increases happiness, and feeling of lightness in you.

Health benefits 

Many health experts have recommended meditation must  be a part of our daily routine to give time for some quiet moments. Meditation offers so many health benefits that can change a person's life, solve problems and it brings  a greater level of life satisfaction. 

Meditation habit can help in improving your  health and breathing, more it also balances the mind body and soul. It create surge in mood - stabilizing  chemicals and hormones such as serotonin and  its amazing benefits to the body, mind, and soul. we must take out little time for meditation.

Meditation is one of the most efficient ways to relieve stress and it decrease heart rate and blood pressure. It works to lower metabolic rate and cholesterol, and to increase the body's energy levels.


Before sitting for meditation, you might be looking for How to Ground yourself 


Self Healing Meditation