Acquiring a meditation practice can change your life in more ways than one.
This ancient technique is one that has transcended from generations to generations as a tool for mental and spiritual growth that changes the world within and around you.
Practicing different meditation techniques can help you focus and feel more connected to the present moment, to yourself, and your higher power. In doing so, you can lower your stress level, achieve higher self-awareness, and improve your tolerance for pain, to name a few.
Did you know that there are various types of meditation?
Below are five types of them you can choose from or alternate within your daily routine.
Mindfulness Meditation
There are various types of mindfulness meditation.
Essentially, mindfulness is a type of meditation in which you focus on being intensely aware of what you're sensing and feeling in the moment, without interpretation or judgment. Practicing mindfulness involves breathing methods, guided imagery, and other practices to relax the body and mind to help reduce stress.
This particular meditation helps you be mindful and present while doing everyday tasks which will help you be efficiently productive and procrastinating less.
Visualization Meditation
The main difference between visualization and regular meditation is that visualization is more active. With regular meditation, the goal is to clear the mind and bring awareness to the present moment. With visualization meditation, your focus is on engaging your imagination and actively creating imagery in your mind. This can be done to gain a new perspective on a certain situation, bring a dream to reality, improve your mood, or explore your inner subconscious.
Mantra Meditation
A mantra is a syllable, word, or phrase that is repeated during meditation. Mantras can be spoken, chanted, whispered, or repeated in the mind. Most mantra meditation techniques have two essential components: mindfulness meditation and mantra recitation or chanting. It can make a lot of difference, especially if you have trouble concentrating or getting in the right frame of mind. Many people find that using a mantra can boost awareness and improve concentration, since it helps you stay focused, it could lead to improved results from meditation.
Breathing Meditation
Mindful breathing is a very basic yet powerful mindfulness meditation practice.
The idea is simply to focus your attention on your breathing—to its natural rhythm and flow and the way it feels on each inhale and exhale. Focusing on the breath is particularly helpful because it serves as an anchor–something you can turn your attention to at any time if you start to feel stressed or carried away by negative emotions. This is a great way to relieve stress and reduce anxiety.
Chakra Meditation
“Chakra” is a Sanskrit word that means wheel or cycle. In the context of spiritual disciplines such as yoga, the chakras are considered to be wheel-like energy centers that are not physically discernible but belong to the subtle spiritual body and connect it to the material one. The 7 main chakras are situated along the spine from the sacrum at the bottom up to the crown at the top of the head. All sorts of practices fall under the chakra meditation umbrella. Some are devoted to spiritual awakening, others to healing or relaxation.
Now that you know the various types of meditation you can choose which one is best for you and what you can do to implement it in your life. Having a daily spiritual practice has a lot of long-term benefits that can change your mind pattern and cost you to live a more sustainable, peaceful and happy life.
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