Month: February 2017

A lot of people start meditating and quickly give up. Often, that’s because they haven’t managed their expectations. You think your mind should be quiet like a blissfully placid lake on a summer morning. I’m sorry to say it, but that’s unlikely.

In fact you’ll get really pressured by considering positively if you are not experience good. It can be considerably more imperative that you be genuine and true and also have the ability to peaceful your head then seed your consciousness together with your intentions.

It has helped me become more relaxed, peaceful, loving, and accepting of myself.  I’m less inclined to fret about the past or worry about the future.  I’m less likely to create suffering for myself and others by engaging in storms of fantastic emotion.

It’s hard to describe the Power of Steve! Just being in his presence makes you feel calmer and happier. His humor makes you smile and his knowledge will help you dive deep. A former monk (Hindu tradition). Lifelong meditator. Founder of Maha Yoga, one of the first yoga studios in the West. Steve has spent many years in the close company of enlightened beings and has traveled the world teaching workshops and retreats. He was also the Unplug muse and our first teacher. Steve has personally taught meditation and yoga to more than 10,000 people around the world and leads teacher training programs globally.

The trick with free awareness is this. You resist the temptation to focus on anything in particular. In response to everything, you do nothing. You accept and let go of everything that passes across the movie screen of your mind. It’s subtle and hard to master. At the same time, this practice yields rich rewards.

I’m hoping that I get to you with my question today — I’ve tried many times to talk with you or comment to you etc, but haven’t had luck yet! I haven’t had resources available to see you live or attend a workshop etc. Crossing fingers today! I have so many questions for you — I’ve followed you for a very long time and you have helped me so, so much and through very difficult times, though I’m still sitting within one as I write this.

Los Angelenos are obsessed with this place, and for good reason. It extends far beyond a simple studio and expands into a full-blown majestic dream. There’s a lakeside meditation garden featuring shrines and waterfalls, a beautiful hilltop temple, and a whole bunch of other gorgeous amenities to help you soothe your spirit. Beautiful as it is, its sprawling layout and learn-as-you-go format can be overwhelming for newbies, but worry not! There’s a Visitor Center ready and waiting to answer any questions you have about books, teachings, or simply how the hell to meditate. Drop in for a silent session or sign up for a soulful, full-on retreat.

In some techniques, this is the only focus, from the beginning. Examples are: the Self-Enquiry (“I am” meditation) of Ramana Maharishi; Dzogchen; Mahamudra; some forms of Taoist Meditation; and some advanced forms of Raja Yoga. In my point of view, this type of meditation always requires previous training to be effective, even though this is  sometimes not expressly said (only implied).

As a meditation junkie I’m a huge fan of Headspace. I love this app because it makes meditation very easy for folks who are new to the practice. The app contains easy tools to help you focus more, sleep better and experience more Zen. I recommend this app to anyone who’s new to meditation or just feeling stressed out.

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From here you can then move into Vipassana, Zazen, or other types of meditation. I first tried meditation in the 1970s after reading a book on yoga. I then followed a path into more western ideas and practices, the basics are universal; relaxation, breathing etc. Most people still come to it through the eastern route, but it has been present in the Western Mystery Traditions for millenia too. Your body, has worn out. It can no longer be patched, or refurbished. Like a crash landing hot air balloon, you have come to the final touchdown. No more, pain will you endure or inflict on another. Your last meal has been eaten. Somehow the food, hospital in nature, is not how you had expected your last meal to be….fed through a tube! Now that is almost over, we say?---SO WHAT WAS THIS EARTH STUFF ALL ABOUT? To me meditation means love. Now I have learned loving should be with the love feelings in everything we encounter.. Now I don’t bother yesterday…it is gone.. Tomorrow why should I dream of tomorrow’s duties.. Today is important.. Doing what I should do for today. I am living in today…Thanks with love to free meditation….. A self-proclaimed “gym for your brain,” Mastermind is all about mental fitness. Because they want to support you in developing all aspects of your mind’s awareness, they have 12 different types of classes, each with a different focus. Want more energy? There’s a class for that. Looking to relax more easily? Yep, class for that, too. Just want to mellow out to some chill tunes? Oh yeah, they do that, too. So, do a solid for yourself and make your way to Dallas. When a photo of a wall covered in lush green foliage showed up on Grace Clarke’s Instagram feed, she felt an immediate urge to track it down. Stressed out and headed to a meeting at Madewell, where she works as a social media copy editor, Ms. Clarke saw that the wall’s location was on East Eighth Street in Manhattan at a meditation studio called MNDFL, which opened in November. Think acupuncture without the needles and hypnosis without closing your eyes. Some people think it's a little corny to tap your face and repeat words, but they magically find their doughnut cravings disappear and more powerful effects that last. In this class, we are tapping to train our ability to self-generate positive emotions. There’s no hard and fast rule on this. What’s most important is to make them aware of the value of meditation through your example and then look for their receptiveness. Some children may be ready for meditation as early as eight or ten years of age. Other kids, even those growing up in homes where both parents meditate, may not feel drawn to meditating themselves until they are in their late teens. It’s important that kids don’t feel pressured to meditate because their parents want them to. The best indication that they are ready to start meditating is when they express their own curiosity and desire to learn. There are different types of meditation to accomplish different aims, so the best meditation for you will be one that fits your goals. Almost every meditation practice will bring you greater peace and relaxation, so if that is your primary aim, then a simple breath awareness meditation is fine. Deepak Chopra is an Indian American author, public speaker, alternative medicine advocate, and a prominent figure in the New Age movement. Through his books and videos, he has become one of the best-known and wealthiest figures in alternative medicine. When instructing King Pariksit, the great sage Sri Shukadeva Gosvami said, "O King, constant chanting of the holy name of the Lord after the ways of the great authorities is the doubtless and fearless way of success for all, including those who are free from all material desires, those who are desirous of all material enjoyment, and also those who are self-satisfied by dint of transcendental knowledge. What is the value of a prolonged life which is wasted, inexperienced by years in this world? Better a moment of full consciousness, because that gives one a start in searching after his supreme interest." (Bhag.2.1.11-13) Sign up for Wild Arisings, my Wild Arisings e-letter and receive access to the Always Well Within Library of free self-discovery resources—worksheets, mini-guides, and e-books. Click here to learn more. I’m interested in kundalini. Will the videos you offer and the commitment and practice thereof ultimately (ideally) lead to my seeing light – true physical light as described in some texts, or is this merely a metaphor? Find the possible to transmute suffering into transformation. Studying sensible & effective resources to open from the confront of pain & challenge, accessing a gateway to embody the freedom & fact of who we definitely are. Although Studying instantly & experientially how you can information & aid our college students to perform the same. Or look through my suggestions and find the ones that will help you overcome any stumbling blocks you’ve encountered in meditation. If you have a question about meditation that isn’t answered in these tips, you can ask it in the comments. It is so hard to focus on no thinking for even 15 minutes. However I am trying it for 2 weeks already every day and I managed to make it to 40 minutes of meditating. I know that I just need to be persistent and not give up. 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Your task in meditation is to remain in the awareness of mind rather than going off on a date with a beautiful thought or destructive emotion.  When you notice a thought or emotion, you return your mind to the object of your meditation:  the breath, a form, sounds, or sensation without further ado.

If you would like to know more about posture and the mechanics of meditation, watch this series of very short videos:  Dare to Meditate.  You’ll also find many excellent videos on what meditation really is there.

For people who want to deepen their experience, there are places that teach traditional vedic meditation, where practitioners are given a specific mantra to use wherever they are in a session. At both Ziva Meditation and Ben Turshen Meditation, you can take a free introductory class, and then sign up for the eight-hour course, given over four days, which costs $400 to $1,200.

Enter into a state by relaxing and taking some deep breaths and then bring the image into your awareness. Associate yourself into the picture by stepping inside it and feeling as if it has already happened.

It’s the state where the attention is not focused on anything in particular, but reposes on itself – quiet, empty, steady, and introverted. We can also call it “Choiceless Awareness” or “Pure Being”. Most of the meditation quotes you find speak of this state.

Thinking is the natural activity of the mind.  Meditation is not about stopping your thoughts.  Meditation is simply a process of resting the mind in its natural sate, which is open to and naturally aware of thoughts, emotions, and sensations as they occur. – Mingyur Rinpoche

But for me, it started simply. Twenty years ago, I started looking for deeper meaning and purpose in my life. I found it in meditation. Through rigorous practice, I discovered a powerful antidote to my anxiety and a source of confidence and wellbeing that changed my basic orientation to life.

Take me there: Two-night single cabin room accommodation packages, which include three meals a day, start at $662 per person. Depending on the program, workshops and specialty services have additional tuition and fees.

I’d suggest you do footsoaking = soaking your feet into salt water (any salt will do) for about 15 mins everyday. Try also luke warm water to start with and see what work best, if you need colder put colder water if you need warmer water, do so. This is a treatment we all do everyday, sometimes 2 to 3 times a day.

Let us go forward by listening to the Feeling Grounded guided meditation. The intention of the short meditation is always to introduce you to definitely a guided meditation, really encourage visual imagery with your thoughts, make peace in Your entire body, and have you feeling grounded and centered.

“My typical coping strategy–the bourbon and cheeseburger method–wasn’t working,” he says. He attended one of Meng’s classes and soon started his own practice, one that helped him better handle his father’s eventual passing away.

As practitioners repeat their mantras with gentle effortlessness while sitting comfortably with eyes closed, the mantra allows the individual’s attention to travel naturally to a less active, quieter mind, and reach a unified and transcendent state.

If you want to know on how TM technique works, then I suggest that you read Maharishi Maheshi Yogi’s book “Science of Being and Art of Living”. It is a good book, highly repetitive, but still good. Beware, you will not be able to learn the actual technique from this book.

Inspired to make a meditation nest at home? Great news, building a space that is entirely your own will keep you meditating. We’ve got tips, read 11 Ways to Create the Perfect Meditation Nook at Home.

Want to pair your meditation with a mindful bath? Deborah Hanekamp, aka Mama Medicine, showed us how to create the ultimate relaxing, stress relieving bath experience. Hanekamp deeply believes in the power of the restorative bath. “It’s the most magical self-healing ceremony,” she says.

Hmm, prohpet Mike? I’m glad for your happiness and hope things work out with your husband, but I’m not sure that has much to do with meditation’s impact on the brain. Maybe I missed the connection. The power of this knowledge to me is that meditation really is a practice that provides greater capacity to be compassionate, flexible in behavior, and focused on doing what is best for relationships. I will second the comments about having sources, potentially even provided in links. That helps me to have confidence in such citations when I’m reading articles. Thanks for your post!

Does the idea of meditating freak you out? Throughout my years of being a meditation teacher I’ve witnessed all kinds of resistance to the practice. The most common excuses for not meditating are, “I don’t have time,” “I can’t sit still,” and “Meditation is for yogis and super-spiritual people.” Does this sound familiar? If so, I’m here to bust the myth the meditation is difficult and not for you. Meditation is for everyone, it doesn’t have to take much time and anyone can sit still (even if it’s for just a minute).

Despite the growing popularity of meditation, prevailing misconceptions about the practice are a barrier that prevents many people from trying meditation and receiving its profound benefits for the body, mind, and spirit. Here are seven of the most common meditation myths dispelled.

Research has found reduced blood pressure, increased insulin resistance for preventing diabetes, and even slowing of biological aging. It has a 48 percent reduction in the rates of heart attack’s, stroke and death. I would consider those to be benefits. There have also been claims that it helps in the treatment of alcohol addiction and also helping people trying to quit smoking as well as increased intelligence, lower heart rates along with blood pressure, reduction of stress, and even help in the treatment of ADHD. However I could not confirm all of these claims but hey? If it helps in any of these? Why not give it a shot? What could it hurt?

Deepak Chopra has given a formula of spiritual quotient in terms of Deed (D) and Ego (E). According to Deepak Chopra S.Q. =D/E. He (2006) writes: If Vedanta is right and there is only one reality, then all desires must follow the same mechanics, desires arise and are fulfilled in consciousness. Making yourself happy involves….. I have a “Spiritual Quotient” where SQ = D/E. Where D = Deeds and E = Ego. Now you can ONLY have an SQ = infinity when E = 0. If E is little even then SQ is approaching infinity (or one is close to be a “Great Master”) but not actually “Pure .This appears to be very fascinating but it is highly abstract which cannot be measured experimentally, accurately and precisely. However, this formula has immense value to understand S.Q.

13. Get to know your mind.  Meditation isn’t just about calming the mind or reducing stress.  It’s an opportunity to get to know the patterns of your mind and heart.  By creating more space in your life and in your heart, you can more easily observe the patterns of thoughts and emotions that bring you unease.

TM is taught in the U.S. by Maharishi Foundation USA, a federally recognized 501(c)(3) non-profit educational organization. All revenues from course fees go entirely to support the organization’s educational and charitable initiatives in the U.S. and around the world.

When you’re simply aware of whatever occurs in the mind without following after it, and practice bringing your mind back to the present moment whenever you feel distracted, your mind will naturally calm down.   Your thoughts give up in a sense when you don’t pay too much attention to them.  Gradually, you start to feel more space between you and the thoughts.  You feel more relaxed, whether there’s a thought arising or your mind is empty for a moment.

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Jyoti-Bihanga is situated on Adams Avenue, and dedicated to providing delicious food in a tranquil atmosphere. Our staff study meditation according to Sri Chinmoy’s teachings, so if you have any questions about meditation or our classes that you would like to discuss with real live human beings, please come on in!

Guided Meditation is like cooking with a recipe. It’s a good way to start, and you can eat the food you make like this. But once you understand the main principles and flavors, you can cook your own dish. It will have a different, unique taste; it will be tailored for you, and more powerful. And then you will not want to use the recipe anymore – unless if you are trying a dish of another cuisine. 😉

“Meditation is a progressive quieting of the mind until you get to the source of the mind, which is pure consciousness,” Chopra explained in an interview before the event began, his bejeweled transition glasses slowly lightening from dark to clear. “You are not your mind or your thoughts. You are the consciousness in which the thoughts come and go.”

Beyond that emotional self-regulation, Duane says that his meditation practice helped him to focus–which he reports is part of the reason that he landed a promotion placing him in charge of nearly 150 people. He’s since left that position, Shachtman reports, to focus his efforts on suffusing meditation throughout the company.

Meditation can dissolve stress and help us find inner peace. Some say it is the most effective tool we have to harmonize our emotional self. It’s really difficult to learn how to meditate without a teacher, a guided meditation presents an attractive method.

Learn how to calm your mind and reset your emotions to reconnect with the best version of yourself. You will embark on a healing journey to release unnecessary thoughts and refocus your mind on joy, peace and well-being.

I was very resistant towards meditation until I read this article of Christina Lopes… http://www.positivelypositive.com/2015/02/22/you-can-live-in-a-constant-state-of-love-heres-how/ Now I feel completely open to meditation and I am curious what effect meditation will have on me. Also there has been a curiosity towards mediation for a while now, so I figured, why not give it a try. I have been doing breath practices for the last couple of days, then I remembered you have a beginners guide to meditation. So I read the whole guide – thank you, very helpful!

Thank you for this very thorough discussion of and tips for meditating. I have had a daily practice for about 9 years now, and I find that my meditation goes through phases. I never stop growing and learning and can benefit from seeing info again which I think I already know.

According to Swami Vivekananda, “During meditation the mind is at first apt to wander. But let any desire whatever arise in the mind, we must sit calmly and watch what sort of ideas are coming. By continuing to watch in that way the mind becomes calm, and there are no more thoughts waves in it. Those things that we have previously thought deeply, transformed themselves into a subconscious current , and therefore these come up in the mind during meditation.” We may call this ‘auto-catharsis’ sort of free-association, unconscious mind talking to conscious mind. Meditation provides us insight, understanding of self and increases our psychological strength. So we can draw some analogy between practice of meditation and psychoanalysis. .

You can start up with this page http://www.freemeditation.com/online-meditation/self-realization-workshop-kundalini-awakening/ and then keep going with http://www.onlinemeditation.org/. All of that is completely free.

Because the indicating goes… ‘misery loves organization’, Unfortunately This can be real. I do the job all over adverse persons all day long, the worse sort that discuss guiding your again and pretty much hate your guts without having a rationale.

Hi Marion, It’s definitely worth trying out. Some research suggest that meditation can help to reduce blood pressure when it’s practiced daily. But do not stop your medication right away. Practice meditation alongside with your treatment and change your dosage accordingly (with your doctor’s blessings, of course) when your blood pressure drops. Hope you’ll get well soon!

I practise mindfulness every morning and night and have just added the Kriya meditation daily since last week (I am loving it… thanks). Now I would like to try some of the techniques you show, but isn’t it going to be too much of different things ?

MEDITATION MAY CAUSE INCREASED HAPPINESS, FOCUS, MEMORY, COMPASSION, PRODUCTIVITY AND PRESENT MOMENT AWARENESS. DECREASED STRESS, REDUCED ANXIETY, INCREASED FOCUS, HIGHER TEST SCORES, OPTIMISM, BETTER HEALTH AND INNER PEACE.

Allowing more light to enter the eyes is a good way to stay awake. Lifting your eyelids higher, while keeping your gaze soft and unfocused, will help to keep the brain stimulated and alert. Your and mental states also play a key role. When you are lethargic or dull, it is much harder to concentrate, which means you will need to put in more effort to stay awake. In meditation, we are always trying to strike a balance between being too distracted and too relaxed and drowsy. It is perfectly normal. Just keep trying.

If just one of your golden cups is short by one drop, this universe, after re-education….your spirit will stay in for more growth and refinement. The resting place , is by some called purgatory….a place with no beginning and no end.

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Meditation is taking hold of mainstream culture, whether it’s showing up in the form of new mindfulness apps or stylish studios like MNDFL in New York City or Unplug in Los Angeles. For those who are just starting to explore meditation or looking to focus their existing practice, longer, dedicated programs have been shown to jump-start the meditative mind more than just spending a few minutes here and there. While venturing out on a weeklong meditation retreat can be intimidating to first-timers, just as there are many different forms of meditation, there are many forms of meditation retreats. Seasoned practitioners might be drawn to rigorous Zen retreats that border on monastic discipline, while newbies may opt for a spalike approach.

Wauw, I tried the breath Sync. First time I had 67 after this I did the joy meditation of Wanderlust and the Love & Kindness meditation. Then I did the Breath Sync again and it was 102!!! wauw this is working. And only a half hour difference in time. I going to continue with this, its GREAT!

There are all kinds of ways to meditate and lots of tools to help you create a meditation practice that’s right for you. If one doesn’t quite click, try another. Let yourself adjust to this new habit and make it your own. Just remember: Anyone can meditate as long as they want to. That includes you.

By Deepak Chopra, MD, and Menas Kafatos, PhD   For some time now most of the universe has gone dark. This startling news was brought to popular attention in a June Op-Ed piece in the New York Times called “A Crisis at the Edge of …

Why?  Because you’ve been conditioned your entire life to think, feel, and react in specific ways. So when you set out to learn meditation, your habitual patterns will happily join you and try to interfere with the process.

At the same time, don’t torture yourself with overwhelming emotions.  Apply the process with discernment.  If the emotions are too strong, wild, and overwhelming, end your meditation session.  Soothe yourself, do something you enjoy, or seek support.

Ongoing research since 1970 tends to back this up. During Transcendental Meditation one’s respiratory and heart rate decrease, blood pressure goes down. This relaxed state helps to relieve stress, as indicated by reductions in cortisol and blood lactate. Tests of galvanic skin response show lower levels of perspiration (sweating being an indicator of stress).

If you’re unfamiliar with “chakras,” this meditation explains along the way. It directs you to breathe in healing and positive energy and breathe out negativity. This has the effect of shifting your mindset to be more positive.

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At this point, if you simply remain aware of this process instead of reacting to the thought, you will become aware of how restless your mind is. It tosses and turns like you do on a night when you cannot fall asleep. But that is only a problem when you identify with the mind and react to the various thoughts it throws at you. If you do, you will be caught in a never-ending whirlwind of restless activity. But if you simply attend to those thoughts when they arise, without reacting, or if you react and attend to the reaction, then they cannot really disturb you. Remember—it is not the thoughts that disturb you, but your reaction to them.

Greater creativity – Even if you’re not a creative person, you’ll be surprised at how talented you can be. You’ll learn to play a musical instrument, write a book, or any other talent you’ve always wanted to develop.

[13] Enjoy the phrases which you use in office discussions. Once you use phrases like currently being “swamped” you happen to be telling on your own plus your co-employee that you will be dealing with a damaging condition. Be mindful, and use favourable language. Test indicating that your routine is “complete” alternatively.

Most people think they are their thoughts and emotions.  When you learn to identify with the awareness, rather than the projections of mind, you realize that’s not the case.  You become the ruler of your life rather than subject to the whim of any false thought or turbulent emotion that happens to come up.

Lauren’s teaching style will make you feel grounded, supported and intentional in your practice. While Lauren has a background in many meditation modalities, her specialties are breath awareness, loving kindness, gratitude and self-compassion. To book a private with Lauren in our LA Studio or via Skype, please email info@unplugmeditation.com or call (310) 826-8899.

Michelle teaches from all that she has absorbed as being a college student embodying the normal movement of daily life. She’s encouraged because of the eternal circulation of movement, exploration of your sacred, the subtle human body, poetry, and music. Michelle’s courses are creative and dynamic.

Hi, Thank you so much for your tips. I have been wanting to start meditating for the longest of time. I have wanted to do a lot of things for the longest of time. I have finally found the courage to do and be who I want and that is to live a more conscious life. Thank you again.

If you’ve any ideas or suggestions on how this guide can serve you better, please do not hesitate to leave your comments here or drop me a note. I’m sure I’ve missed out certain things which beginners to meditation would like to see included here.

Hi Melanie, Thanks for your question. You’ve asked an excellent question! No, you don’t always have to focus on your breaths. It’s used in many meditations because it’s common to all human beings. But you can also choose to focus on an object like a cross, a flower, or even a stain on the floor that you’re sitting on. The object that you choose to place your attention on is not as important as the quality of your concentration. So feel free to use objects around you to meditate. For a start, you may find that small stationary objects that have less distracting features (a small pebble for instance) are easier for you to meditate on. As your concentration and mindfulness increase, you may want to ‘up’ the challenge by using moving objects such as an exposed burning candle.

I’ve been learning how to meditate from blogs like this, and recently bought a CD which was quite good as well. (easysteps-meditation.com for the curious) But free articles like this are what really got me started on my journey, and I’m very thankful you for providing a easy (and free) introduction to a new way of life.

Chopra says that meditation can have profound benefits for any person, depending on what they need. “If they’re very stressed, it’s a good way to deal with stress. It has immediate effects in terms of better sleep and more energy,” he said. “As you get more into meditation, you realize that there are hundreds of variations of meditation depending on what you’re wanting to achieve.”

Deepak Chopra is an Indian American author, public speaker, alternative medicine advocate, and a prominent figure in the New Age movement. Through his books and videos, he has become one of the best-known and wealthiest figures in alternative medicine.

I was told about meditation in that it can help me with stress , which will cause me to stop over eating that will cause me to loose weight. I would like to know how?. I would like to know in what areas can meditation help?

If you’re already taking prescription medicines, don’t stop them without first consulting your doctor. Meditation should generally be used as a complementary practice instead of a replacement for existing treatment, especially for more severe cases.

However, I know some beginners are finding it difficult to breathe in this way despite many tries. In these cases, my suggestion is to both inhale and exhale with the nose. It’s better to breathe in a way that you feel natural than to force yourself to breathe in a certain manner which makes you feel stressful.

Whether you’re a Fortune 500 CEO or someone bogged down with a never-ending to-do list, the proven secret to being more effective and living a happier, healthier life is to hurry up and slow down, to unplug. Studies show that you can get more done – and do it better – by doing less, just by consciously unplugging for a few minutes each day and meditating.

Keep it simple at the beginning and just feel out some different techniques. When you find one that you enjoy, the next step is to set aside 15 to 20 minutes each day to cultivate your meditation practice. From there, tend to your practice each day and you will experience a number of life-changing benefits.

Go ahead and let yourself sleep if you feel a strong urge to nod off during meditation.It’s not a good idea for force yourself to stay alert. Even if you don’t have a sleep deficit from the night, sometimes you can go through a period of meditation where your body requires an experience of sleep in order to release a particular quality of conditioning. Don’t worry about it; just let the body shift into the state it needs, and when that conditioning or stress has been cleared, then your meditations will resume their usual character.

Once you have mastered breathing meditation, you can choose continue with it or try other meditation techniques. There are many types of meditation techniques that can help you to develop inner qualities which you never knew existed. Feel free to explore other forms of meditation listed in the meditation resources.

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From age of 4 to 7, during the normal state of eyes open, awake and alert our brains were primarily operating in theta state, with brain waves functioning mainly between between 4 to 7 Hz. Now we experience this level of brain wave activity during sleep and during states of fear when the body goes into a fight,-flight or freeze response, (hyper arousal, or the acute stress response). This is a powerful level from which to initiate change and in this state, we only need mostly just one or couple of experiences of learning to change our behaviour.

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At the Chopra Center, we commonly hear from new meditators who are able to sleep soundly for the first time in years after just a few days of daily meditation practice. Other common benefits of meditation include improved concentration, decreased blood pressure, reduced stress and anxiety, and enhanced immune function. You can learn more about the benefits of meditation in a recent post, Why Meditate? on the Chopra Center blog.

The sage plant has been used for centuries in conjunction with rituals and healing work. Most of us are familiar with using sage to “smudge” or energetically clear out negative junk from a physical space. Many cultures believe that the smoke from burning sage carries intentions, prayers and wishes up to the heavens. While it’s metaphysical clearing properties are strong, sage smoke literally cleans the air. A 2007 report proved that sage smoke is one of the most powerful antiseptic technologies ever discovered! Through focused intentional breathing and harnessing the cleansing power of sage plant medicine, this meditation will help you ground into the present moment and clear out toxic energy. We will plant intentional seeds for the Spring season and let go of any expectations, judgements or fears that are keeping you stuck in a dead energetic cycle.

Hi Liz, If you google for benefits of meditations, I’m sure you’ll find many of them, a number of which are based on formal studies. To list just a few examples, you’d find that meditation may help to relieve chronic pain, promotes insightful problem-solving, increase resistance to adverse emotional stimuli, and improve mood and lower heart rate. But don’t take these studies at face value. Try meditation for yourself and see if it makes a difference to your life. I wish you all the best.

This guided meditation is accompanied by a compelling visual light display that goes well with the music if you are into that kind of thing. It’s an ethereal misty essence spinning in quasi-geometrical patterns of light.

When we meditate, we quiet our mind and slip into the silence that’s the source of all happiness. There we discover increasing levels of bliss, inspiration, and love. Our experience of these powerful states creates vibrations that help heal the planet. As a famous Vedic verse states, “It is our duty to the rest of humanity to be perfectly healthy, because we are ripples in the ocean of consciousness, and when we are sick, even a little, we disrupt cosmic harmony.” Through meditation, we expand our awareness of the blissful nature of divine intelligence and contribute to greater peace and love in our world.

We spend a lot of time alone without realizing it. Sure, it might not always seem like we’re alone when we’re communicating on Twitter, sharing images on Instagram or Pinterest, or liking friends’ status updates on Facebook, but scrolling is, nonetheless, a solitary pastime. It keeps us in one place, and time flies by. No wonder it seems so difficult to fit in that yoga class or add 15 minutes of meditation into a daily schedule. Socializing has been redefined by our technological lives and communication has never been so easy, yet maybe it’s too easy and making us a little too comfortable with our solitude.

For the “formal practice” time, sit on a cushion on the floor, or on a chair, with straight and unsupported back. Pay close attention to the movement of your breath. When you breath in, be aware that you are breathing in, and how it feels. When you breath out, be aware you are breathing out. Do like this for the length of your meditation practice, constantly redirecting the attention to the breath. Or you can move on to be paying attention to the sensations, thoughts and feelings that arise.

Though scientists are now pushing for further research, hundreds of studies have been conducted to trace its effect on areas like heart rate and blood pressure. Earlier this year, researchers at John Hopkins found that eight weeks of meditation was just as effective as medication in the treatment of anxiety and depression; John Denninger, a psychiatrist at Harvard Medical School, is currently leading a five-year government-funded study to prove exactly how mind-body medicine affects genes and the brain. Yalof Schwartz believes in meditation’s tangible benefits too—she says it even helps her tame her inner shopaholic—and says Unplug is sponsoring blood-work studies for the studio’s use.

I’m happy to hear all the wonderful benefits you’ve received from meditation, Suzie. Guided meditations can be very healing indeed. I have used some of those too. The Bone Breathing Meditation is one of my favorites. I rarely use my i-phone so I haven’t graduated to the level of using apps yet. I’m curious to see which ones actually facilitate mindfulness meditation. A timer can always be helpful since you can then just relax into the meditation.

Sound Meditation (Nada Yoga) — focusing on sound. Starts with meditation on “external sounds”, such as calming ambient music (like Native American flute music), whereby the student focuses all his attention on just hearing, as a help to quieten and collect the mind. By time the practice evolves to hearing the “internal sounds” of the body and mind. The ultimate goal is to hear the “Ultimate Sound” (para nada), which is a sound without vibration, and that manifests as “OM”.

Julian B. Rotter (1970) writes in his book Clinical Psychology “Other professions which overlap clinical psychology are those of the psychiatrist, social worker, lawyer, speech pathologist, and religious worker. All these professions are concerned in one way or another with the individual’s adjustment to a special set of circumstances”.

Meditation however, has been developed in Eastern cultures and has a documented history of more than several thousand years. Eastern meditative techniques have been developed, trialed and refined over hundreds of generations with the specific intention of developing a method by which the layperson can regularly attain a state of mental peace and tranquillity, ie. relief from stress. It is a strategy that can easily be adapted to the needs of clinicians and their patients in the West.

Working experience the key benefits of historic sacred mantra repetition as placed on chanting and meditation, enjoy the ecstasy and deep spiritual fulfilment of the ancient Bhakti Yoga exercise, learn Sanskrit and Gurbani from Sikhism (Kundalini) chants, their appropriate pronunciation and meanings.

Having learned the basics, I’m happy to know that you’ve taken it further by enriching your knowledge and skill with other resources you can find. It takes time to reap the benefits of meditation, but for those who persist, sweet rewards await! I wish you all the best.

Be kind about your wandering mind. You may find your mind wandering constantly—that’s normal, too. Instead of wrestling with your thoughts, practice observing them without reacting. Just sit and pay attention. As hard as it is to maintain, that’s all there is. Come back to your breath over and over again, without judgment or expectation.

Because it’s very difficult for me to slow down my mind..I’ve found guided meditation is best suited for me. I can’t find many resources for guided meditations. Could you please, suggest a link where I may find guided meditations? I have to depend on guided meditation to get sleep at bedtime..I enjoy the 1 + meditations…. Peace be with you..Thanks for your help…

This app is for the more advanced meditation student: There’s no voice, only a gong to key you into the beginning and end of your 20-minute session. It also tracks how frequently you meditate which is great for keeping yourself on-point.

I’m new to meditating but I’ve tried it once before. When I start to breathe, I can hear in my mind the word “in”. When I’m breathing out, I hear the word “out”. Is that okay? Or am I supposed to stop that eventually? Thanks.

Our classes are designed for results so that you can access calm, present moment awareness and increase focus, productivity, creativity, memory and sense of purpose and feeling of happiness. All classes are led by highly trained and passionate teachers whose voices make you relax and whose personalities make you want to hang out with them. It’s that easy. Our mission is to keep it simple and interesting enough that you will want to do it all the time. The more you practice the bigger the effects. It works for everyone from the skeptic to the soul seeker! 

A TM teacher presents general information about the technique and its effects during a 60-minute introductory lecture. That’s followed by a second 45-minute lecture in which more specific information is given. People interested in learning the technique then attend a 10- to 15-minute interview and 1 to 2 hours of personal instruction. Following a brief ceremony, they’re each given a mantra, which they’re supposed to keep confidential.

I never thought I had time to meditate. The thought of it seemed overwhelming until I picked up this book. I received it on Tuesday and, it is such an easy read, have been able to get through a lot of it. This book really tries to take the mystery out of meditation and boils it down to simple concepts that are accessible to even nay sayers like myself. Will try to incorporate these techniques into my daily life and, hopefully, I will wind up as positive and happy as the author!

Whenever you’re stressed, you disconnect from your body and your power. Get more grounded and connected with a walking meditation. You’ll actually enjoy your walk and feel much better when you arrive at your destination.

For those of you who are curious as to how meditation changes the brain, this is for you. Although this may be slightly technical, bear with me because it’s really interesting. The brain, and how we are able to mold it, is fascinating and nothing short of amazing. Here are the brain areas you need to know:

Hey Gabby, how do you recommend letting go of fears in relation to grieving the loss of a loved one? I have a lot of anger built up towards my step dad surrounding my mums passing and feel like I don’t want to forgive.. Do you have to fully forgive to fully experience love? X

Place all your attention in the “lower dantien”, which is the center of gravity of the body, two inches below the navel. This will help accumulate and root the qi (vital energy). Where your mind and intention is, there will be your qi. So, by focusing on the dantien, you are gathering energy in this natural reservoir.

Sympathetic nervous system seems to be more active (Sympathetic Dominance) during fear. Blood vessels serving the interior of the body contracts, while those serving the exterior muscles of the trunk and limbs tend to become larger. Sympathetic system diverts blood from digestive functions to muscular functions. Heart beats harder and faster, the blood pressure goes up, pulse rate quickened, Pupil becomes larger. Drying of mouth, Sympathetic system alters the secretion from the salivary gland which ordinarily keeps the mouth moist. Change in the movements of the stomach and intestine occurs. It is seen in the X-ray pictures that the contraction of the stomach and intestines are stopped or reversed in strong emotions.

[There is some conflicting information on how to practice Vipassana. In general, however, most teachers emphasize  starting with mindfulness of breath in the first stages, to stabilize the mind and achieve “access concentration.” This is more like focused attention meditation. Then the practice moves on to developing “clear insight” on the bodily sensations and mental phenomena, observing them moment by moment and not clinging to any. Here goes an introduction, aimed for beginners. To know more I’d suggest following up the links provided or learning from a teacher (perhaps in a Vipassana retreat).]

No cell phones or PDA’s inside the studio. There are no exceptions (we tried). Please turn off your ring/alert /vibration mode and leave it outside of the room. The front desk will hold if you are expecting an emergency or if you would like us to. One little beep can ruin a meditation.

Identify your desired outcome. For example, do you wish to feel more grounded and at peace in your mind and emotions? Or would you like to envision your physical body as being healthy, vibrant, and strong? Or are you longing to create art, write poetry, be in a new relationship, or travel abroad?

According to Swami Vishnu Devananda:”Through meditation, the play of the mind is witnessed. In the early stages nothing more can be done than to gain understanding as the ego is observed constantly asserting itself. But in times its game become familiar, and one begins to prefer the peace of contentment. When the ego is subdued, energies can then be utilized constructively for personal growth and the service of others”.

Hi Jazmine, it’s normal to recall episodes from the past when you’re meditating. Just observe them mindfully without trying to run away or hide from them. If you keep at it, you’ll realize that like other thoughts you’ve, they will fade away by themselves without you doing anything to them. Cheers!

The first time I ever took part in meditation it was not mindfulness based meditation as much as chi gong/tai chi meditation. It made me feel dissociated and confused, I began to disconnect from my body. It has been shown in studies that our brains will connect us with our bodies to reduce dissociation if we partake in MINDFULNESS meditation rather then imagery based meditation. Mindfulness meditation focuses on the reality of the present moment rather then imagining something that is not quite there. In yoga meditation your often meditate on something you wish to embody, such as a lotus. Although this is likely great for someone with depression or a jaded life view, I would assume it would not improve self control and help an individual come to realizations. Meditation is as simple as following your breath in and out, and if your brain begins to float away from you come right back to following your breath. This process can actually train your brain and change the way it functions to increase attention and lead to more careful decisions. There are actually plenty of studies on exactly what you are inquiring about, I urge you to look up the Niroga institute in Berkeley CA, you will find the information your are looking for and much more.

Transcendental Meditation is a specific form of Mantra Meditation introduced by Maharishi Mahesh Yogi in 1955 in India and the West. In the late 1960s and early 1970s, the Maharishi achieved fame as the guru to the Beatles, The Beach Boys and other celebrities.

While meditating, the person practicing TM sits in a comfortable position with eyes closed and silently repeats a mantra. A mantra is a word or sound from the Vedic tradition that is used to focus your concentration.

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One, because like many other meditations (Primordial Sound Meditation, Unplug Meditation, Still Space Meditation, Awake Meditation etc.) the brand name has been trademarked. And two, because it is taught in a strictly standardized fashion, by highly trained and certified TM teachers.

Michelle teaches from all that she has absorbed as being a college student embodying the normal movement of daily life. She’s encouraged because of the eternal circulation of movement, exploration of your sacred, the subtle human body, poetry, and music. Michelle’s courses are creative and dynamic.

Heather’s teaching style will make you feel calm, comfortable and confident. While Heather has a background in many meditation modalities, her specialties are Guided Imagery, Finding Clarity, Transforming Stress & Anxiety, and HeartMath Techniques. To book a private with Heather in our LA Studio or via Skype, please email info@unplugmeditation.com or call (310) 826-8899.

Don’t fret about what to do with your hands. In the media, we often see people holding their hands at their knees when meditating, but if that’s uncomfortable for you, don’t worry about it. You can fold them in your lap, let them hang at your sides — whatever allows you to clear your mind and concentrate on your breathing.

I know, you thought meditation was going to be about finding a calm, peaceful space where thoughts and emotions aren’t allowed.  Even if you could create that ideal space, it wouldn’t last very long.  I have a better option for you.

On this coaching you’ll study the specific therapeutic advantages of Just about every with the hatha yoga asana’s, exploring which organs are affected straight by distinct meridian pathways, accessed purposefully in Just about every posture.

Meditation is a process of giving your full attention to whatever object you have chosen. In this case you are choosing to be aware of the breath. Allow yourself to experience your in an open and accepting way. Do not judge or attempt to control or change it. Open yourself so fully that eventually there is no distinction between you and the breathing. In this process many thoughts will arise in your mind: “Am I doing this right? When will this be over? Perhaps I should have closed the window. I forgot to make an important call. My neck hurts.” Hundreds of thoughts may come before you and each thought will call forth some further response: a judgment, an action, an interest in pursuing the thought further, an attempt to get rid of the thought.

During the practice of the Transcendental Meditation technique, the mind spontaneously transcends, going beyond the mental activity of waking state to a unique state of restful alertness, called Transcendental Consciousness—a proposed fourth state of consciousness unlike waking, dreaming or sleep.[2] This easy meditation involves using a mantra, or sound without meaning, that has a harmonizing effect on the mind and body, producing deep relaxation and quieter mental activity. Because deeper levels of the mind are more concentrated with energy, creativity and intelligence, one’s awareness becomes infused with these qualities as the meditator experiences the inner depths of consciousness.

I hear what your saying i do. I think meditation is more of a natural state, like deep breathing. Everyone (unless in extreme cases) benefits from it, like deep breathing. We can’t always tell if we feel better after a few months of taking a multi-vitamin or slowly eating better but science knows its effects its having even if its not a blunt in your face change. Maybe your a natural calm peaceful person. Or maybe you’ve never been in a deep state of relation and only felt blackness idk. I do know the the majority of people who meditate seem to get positive benefits, like deep breathing.

No, but being that it’s a beneficial practice, you may well find that the more you do it, the more you’ll find it beneficial to your life. Read Jack Kornfield’s guidelines for developing a daily practice here.

Examples of these are: Samatha (Buddhist meditation), some forms of Zazen, Loving Kindness Meditation, Chakra Meditation, Kundalini Meditation, Sound Meditation, Mantra Meditation, Pranayama, some forms of Qigong, and many others.

Thank you for this article, I found it quite helpful. I’m just a teenager, so obviously drama seems extremely large and stressful to me at this time, and this article really helped me get away from that. It made me feel healthier also, and showed me my potential in being able to calm myself rather easily. What’s more, it gave me some quiet time which was considerably nice, and it’s free, which isn’t the case with many helpful meditation guides that I’ve looked up. Thank you so much!

Simply listen along to the deep relaxation suggestions presented to your subconscious mind, as you allow your unconscious self to create lucid dreams of vivid color, sound, and feelings of tranquility.

I did not know such a response and release was feasible for the duration of yoga, but this practical experience permitted me to awaken to your further facet of Actual physical asana function. Afterwards I’d just take my initially Yin class and figured out that Frog was viewed as a “Yin” posture.

At the Chopra Center, we commonly hear from new meditators who are able to sleep soundly for the first time in years after just a few days of daily meditation practice. Other common benefits of meditation include improved concentration, decreased blood pressure, reduced stress and anxiety, and enhanced immune function. You can learn more about the benefits of meditation in a recent post, Why Meditate?  on the Chopra Center blog.

I would love to meet people around Surrey , UK to meditate together! Seems as though the med centres are quite some distance from me! 🙁 Perhaps I should becme a med instructor and start my own class?? hehe Seren x

Hey Nicholas, First of all, congratulation for giving yourself the gift of stillness! Regarding your question, it’s possible to experience no thoughts at all during meditation, but they are likely to be short, fleeting moments for most people. More often than not, you’re going to experience what you’ve just described: you’re concentrating on your breathing but at the same time, you’re also aware of the presence of other thoughts in your mind, or the commotion that is happening around you. That’s perfectly normal. I’ve written an article How Do You Know You’re Meditating? which goes into this in more details. You may want to take a look. Basically, if you’re not entangled in your thoughts and are just quietly observing them while focusing on your breathing, you’re in good hands! Keep it up!

Every one of us must learn and apply true meditation regularly in order to have a total wellness and a happy life flow. At the beginning, to learn the 7 Myths of Meditation is a must. Deeply thanks for the content of this so valuable article.

Truth:  Meditation is a practice that takes us beyond the noisy chatter of the mind into stillness and silence. It doesn’t require a specific spiritual belief, and many people of many different religions practice meditation without any conflict with their current religious beliefs. Some meditators have no particular religious beliefs or are atheist or agnostic. They meditate in order to experience inner quiet and the numerous physical and mental health benefits of the practice – including lowered blood pressure, stress reduction, and restful sleep. The original reason that I started meditating was to help myself stop smoking. Meditation helps us to enrich our lives. It enables us to enjoy whatever we do in our lives more fully and happily – whether that is playing sports, taking care of our children, or advancing in our career.

This calmed me down lots. I’ve also taken up yoga atleast a few days each week Along with my typical w/os – CorePower C2 or Yoga with Adrienne and/or Yoga by Candace on nights where I just have to have a little something rapid Two podcasts I have been liking are Cherry Bombe Radio (and that is about Women of all ages in foods which is remarkable) and Slumber Bash with Ali and Georgia. I believe you prefer to both equally!

When I am conscious the entire night I will remember the full 8 hours the next morning, but the memories quickly fade like dreams fade. I believe this has something to do with the way memories are formed while in dream-states. But I do remember them at the time, and that’s how I know I wasn’t just coming in and out of sleep the whole night… I am literally conscious the entire night!

This list wouldn’t be complete without a video produced by yours truly (Chris Willitts, founder of Mindful Muscle). It isn’t a guided meditation per se. It is more of an instructional video about how to start a meditation practice.

When you sit down to meditate, you allow yourself to become very still, relaxed, and alert. And then you focus attention on one thing. Technically, it can be anything. But traditionally it’s something like your breath or a mantra—a word or phrase—which you repeat over and over again for the duration of your meditation.

Guests, including many of the Chopra family, packed themselves tightly into the meditation room at Unplug Meditation in West Los Angeles as Mallika told the room that her parents taught her to meditate at age nine and that she would come home from school and meditate with her mother as a way to feel close.

Thank you Gabby. I have a very peaceful (no traffic) 45-minute commute to work every morning and have been doing this for the last couple of days after I saw your videos on your blog. Thank you very much! Namaste.

This is actually the true purpose behind all kinds of meditation, and not a meditation type in itself. All traditional techniques of meditation recognize that the object of focus, and even the process of monitoring, is just a means to train the mind, so that effortless inner silence and deeper states of consciousness can be discovered. Eventually both the object of focus and the process itself is left behind, and there is only left the true self of the practitioner, as “pure presence”.

Meditation is seen by a number of researchers as potentially one of the most effective forms of stress reduction. [1] While stress reduction techniques have been cultivated and studied in the West for approximately 70 years, the data indicates that they are not consistently effective. [2]

Emptiness meditation (Zuowang)— to sit quietly and empty oneself of all mental images (thoughts, feelings, and so on), to “forget about everything”, in order to experience inner quiet and emptiness. In this state, vital force and “spirit” is collected and replenished. This is similar to the Confucius discipline of “heart-mind fasting”, and it is regarded as “the natural way”. One simply allows all thoughts and sensations arise and fall by themselves, without engaging with or “following” any of them. If this is found to be too hard and “uninteresting”, the student is instructed with other types of meditation, such as visualization and Qigong

Haribol and Namaste 🙂 I am new to Meditation and have done much reading over the last two days. It appears as though ‘some’ people that i have either met or from the statements i have read over the internet, that they see only their own type of meditation as the ‘ony’ way!! An they ridicule other types of meditation !! This seems bizarre when they have not sought to acquire answers through practice of the meditation that they do not do!! Trying to put me off Sahaja Med only wants me to practice to estabish ‘any’ benefits! Surely one of the reasons we shoud meditaten is to show compassion, facilitate awareness, endorse peace, love and harmony etc etc?? lol 🙂 Peace to all , Seren x

The implementation of meditation has significantly improved the results of tests in the following areas: ability to reason correctly in new situations, speed of information processing, in the ability to achieve and maintain physical and emotional well-being at work, in love and in social relations, capacity for synthesis, analysis and problem solving.

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But let me get back to your question. I did some deep internet research on it a few months ago, when I was curious about TM. Of all explanations I found, this was the most detailed, written by an ex-TM teacher. The source is this link: http://minet.org/Documents/TM-FAQ

If you find yourself tensing up in meditation, take a moment to consciously relax.  Bring your mind home to your body, take a few breaths, and let your muscles soften.  Do this as often as you need to and you’ll find yourself more relaxed as you practice.

Recent studies suggest that meditation decreases stress levels while increasing happiness and compassion. Tangible health benefits include improved immunity, lower inflammation, and decreased pain. Furthermore, brain-imaging studies show meditation increases grey matter, sharpens attention, and improves memory.

Research also suggests that the psychological benefits of Transcendental Meditation are cumulative. In 2012 researcher Fred Travis was invited to present his research at the New York Academy of Sciences. He described his studies (published in peer-reviewed journals) of individuals who have been meditating several decades. In short, they reported experiences of cosmic consciousness, in which the the oneness of everything is a living reality. They identify more with their universal, immortal nature than with their individual ego. In addition to using content analysis to characterize the experiences of these individuals compared to shorter-term practitioners and with people who don’t meditate, Dr. Travis also conducted some neurophysiological tests and found that these three groups could also be distinguished neurophysiologically.

Another study has found that transcendental meditation can reduce blood pressure levels. Both diastolic and systolic blood pressures were significantly reduced after transcendental meditation practice. When transcendental meditation intervention was given to the elderly, the researchers also found that it improved the quality of life and longevity of life of the participants. Other positive applications of transcendental meditation are improvement of immunity and reduction of substance abuse possibility.

Lastly, meditation shouldn’t be seen as a replacement for conventional medical therapy. If you suspect that you’ve depression, seek proper medical advice first instead of trying to fix it on your own by learning how to meditate from a book or CD.

The chief characteristic of this type of meditation is the generation, transformation, and circulation of inner energy. The purpose is to quieten the body and mind, unify body and spirit, find inner peace, and harmonize with the Tao. Some styles of Taoist Meditation are specifically focused on improving health and giving longevity.

Well your right the age of something doesn’t show its worth. Hell even if we said Gaundi meditated it doesn’t mean its healthy. He didn’t “need” to state how old it was but maybe he did it as an opener : )

You mentioned that you get stressed very easily. Although meditation and other relaxation techniques can help you to calm down, they won’t help you to resolve the causes of your stress. So, when you’ve calm down, try to do some self-exploration to find out what’s making you so stress. On a piece of blank A4 paper or on your journal, first write down all the things that are stressing you up.

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Meditation is a process of giving your full attention to whatever object you have chosen. In this case you are choosing to be aware of the breath. Allow yourself to experience your breathing in an open and accepting way. Do not judge or attempt to control or change it. Open yourself so fully that eventually there is no distinction between you and the breathing. In this process many thoughts will arise in your mind: “Am I doing this right? When will this be over? Perhaps I should have closed the window. I forgot to make an important call. My neck hurts.” Hundreds of thoughts may come before you and each thought will call forth some further response: a judgment, an action, an interest in pursuing the thought further, an attempt to get rid of the thought.

Describes the basis of psychological tension responses, its effect on the human body, and how to avert it. Begin to see the PDF in the Means part for more information to the controversial matter of Adrenal Tiredness Syndrome.

Meditation is a word that has come to be used loosely and inaccurately in the modern world. That is why there is so much confusion about how to practice it. Some people use the word meditate when they mean thinking or contemplating; others use it to refer to daydreaming or fantasizing. However, meditation (dhyana) is not any of these.

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As the wise Buddhist teacher and author, Pema Chodron, writes in How to Meditate: “You don’t need to struggle not to have thoughts because that’s impossible.” I define mindfulness as the ability to pay attention to what is right here, right now—without getting hooked on any certain idea, belief, opinion, feeling or memory. It is a practice of watching the way we think without identifying ourselves as our thoughts.

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This video combines the binaural tones with contemplative questions (written on the screen). This integration helps you listen to your own intuition on what to do in life. Big questions are asked, some without an answer: “Who are you?”

If you want to be able to focus on demand, access calm, have more control over your brain, you’re going to want to meditate. The benefits of meditation are endless and scientifically proven. Visit our ‘Why meditate’ page to learn about all the science and benefits.

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I am not sure exactly what you mean by free flowing vs. guided. The best thing I can say is that having some sort of anchor (breath, walking, eating, hearing, mantras, etc.) to bring your focus back when your mind wanders is important.

Supermodel Gisele Bündchen credits it with helping her lose her baby weight, Goldman Sachs claims it gives their traders an edge on the stock market, the Seattle Seahawks used it to win the Super Bowl, and star facialist Kate Somerville promises it’s the key to a glowing complexion. What is the name of this magic pill? “Meditation,” says Suze Yalof the founder of Unplug Meditation—a newly opened guided meditation studio in Los Angeles that draws a SoulCycle–worthy cult following of plugged-in, stressed-out millenials, who gather in groups of up to 52 people in the service of quieting an overactive mind.

When the mind becomes still and unwavering, higher wisdom emerges naturally. So the answer is yes, meditation definitely helps with the gaining of insights and wisdom. Apart from that, meditation has also helped many people to become more mindful of their feelings and intentions, which makes possible the eradication of deep-rooted tendencies and habits as well. But it’s not enough to just read about meditation and its many possible benefits. Try it for yourself and realize the benefits in your life. I wish you all the best.

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I loved this book! It was an absolutely fantastic guide to Meditation. It teaches you how to properly meditate and even how to prep yourself to be in the right frame of mind so you can reap all the benefits it has to offer. I learned a lot from it and am happy that I downloaded it. I could never concentrate on meditation before and after ready this I finally realized why I couldn’t clear my mind and really focus. Now I can do it easily and I am seeing some great results from it including lower stress. Awesome!

Many people, including long-time meditators, have experienced occasions when they find their concentration is not as focused as they want it to be. So, it is important to be patient and compassionate with yourself, especially if you are a beginner.

Chopra says that meditation can have profound benefits for any person, depending on what they need. “If they’re very stressed, it’s a good way to deal with stress. It has immediate effects in terms of better sleep and more energy,” he said. “As you get more into meditation, you realize that there are hundreds of variations of meditation depending on what you’re wanting to achieve.”

Personally I don’t feel comfortable advising anyone to try Transcendental Meditation anymore, especially if you are looking to go deep into meditation. To know more, check out this answer I wrote in Quora.