7 Ways To Practice Meditation

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Daily meditation practice has been shown to help you bring all aspects of your life into balance. Daily meditation has helped millions of people all around the world achieve more inner peace, reduce stress, and reap all of the other advantages that come with it. Okay, we've decided that meditation works. But which style of meditation is best for you?

Let's have a look at some different techniques to meditate:

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1. Observing one's breath
Without a question, breathing is a vital aspect of meditation, if not the most significant part. That is why it is beneficial to understand how to practice breath observing. Relax in any comfortable posture, close your eyes, and focus on your breathing. Feel your diaphragm engage and fresh air contact the bottommost tip of your lungs. Concentrate solely on the air coming in and out.

2. Meditation in silence
This is meditation without a target to focus on. Sit cross-legged and clear your mind of any ideas, allowing your mind to wander in a silent region. Simply disengage from your head and focus solely on your body. Do not battle the mind. Instead, let it to flow and remember that the mind is not you.

3. Meditation while walking. This requires the participation of the body. Pay attention to leg movement and foot contact with the floor as you walk. This is tough to conduct outside due to potential distractions. Always walk on level terrain.

4. Meditation for mindfulness. Mindfulness, also known as insight meditation, is the process of becoming completely aware of everything that is happening in and around you at any one time. You should simply observe your own thoughts and exterior environment without passing judgment. Accept them as they are and live in the present moment wholeheartedly.

5. Mantra chanting
Meditation will be much easier if you focus your attention on a single object or concept while chanting a mantra. You select a mantra and repeat it aloud or in your head while meditating.

6. Concept meditation
This entails thinking on an impression, such as meditation on impermanence. You can focus on the transient nature of all things, how they come and go. This approach can help you realize what reason and logic cannot.

7. Guided Meditation
This incorporates all of the above meditation types and is ideal for intermediate to advanced meditators. Guided meditations are the most simple approach to meditate because they involve no effort or skill. A soothing voice guides you step-by-step into a deep state of meditation, while soothing music plays in the background.