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The intention of calming meditation is to cultivate a quieter, more peaceful state of mind and improved concentration.
Insight meditation often sets an intention to transform the mind by developing qualities such as wisdom and compassion.
Many meditation techniques combine elements of both.
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It uses the object of your breath to focus attention and maintain awareness. If your mind starts to wander, return your attention to your breath.
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Picture something or someone in your mind instead of focusing on your breath.
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It means focusing on the image of different people and directing positive energy and goodwill first to yourself and then to others.
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It involves focusing on a person you know or love and paying attention to the sensations arising from the heart.
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This technique involves letting the mind truly rest by letting the thoughts drift away.
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This technique invites you to ask yourself a question, then to be aware of the feelings your question evokes.
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This ancient Buddhist tradition involves sitting upright and following the breath as it moves in and out of the belly, and letting the mind “just be.”
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This technique teaches you to focus on a mantra. The idea is that the subtle vibrations associated with the repeated mantra can encourage positive change.
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It is taught by trained instructors and involves sitting comfortably with one’s eyes closed for 20 minutes, twice per day, and engaging in the effortless practice as instructed.
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It is aimed at strengthening the nervous system, so we are better able to cope with everyday stress and problems.
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Use your concentration to examine certain aspects of your existence with the intention of eventual transformation.
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It is aimed at keeping the body’s core chakras or centers of energy, back into balance.
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This Chinese practice involves harnessing energy in the body by allowing energy pathways to be open and fluid.
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This form uses bowls, gongs, and other instruments. Creating sound vibrations helps to focus the mind.
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It is the process of being fully present with your thoughts, being aware of your surroundings and not reactive to what is going on around you.
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The goal of this technique is to achieve inner peace without concentration or effort.
A person is assigned a mantra to repeat in a specific way. It is practiced 20 minutes twice each day while sitting comfortably with eyes closed.
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Also known as Metta meditation; the goal is to cultivate an attitude of love and kindness toward everything.
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The goal is to notice tension and to allow it to be released.
Practitioners start at one end of their body, usually their feet, and work through the whole. They might tense and then relax muscles or they might visualize a wave moving over their body to release tension.
It encourages practitioners to notice their surroundings without judgement, instead of dwelling on the past or future.
Mindfulness can be done almost anywhere, even in a grocery store, for example.
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It involves yoga poses in order to extend your energy from the base of your spine all the way to your mind.
The purpose of the practice is to focus on both your breath and posture together in order to gain full bodily control, allowing the energy flow to increase all throughout your body.
The purpose is to become aware of your thoughts by simply observing them. It allows thinking about why you're thinking your thoughts.