Mind Vacation Meditation

Would you like to start to meditate?

You know if you do, generally there are a significant amount of meditation techniques that one can choose from. Meditation doesn’t always mean without exception having to sit down in a crossed legged position and your eyes not open, it can be as uncomplicated as going for walks and standing upright.

Anytime that we completely focus on something other than our own thought processes, we are already meditating. We can meditate while we walk, move, lie down, stand, sit, or even while silent or speaking. Plus there no perfect position for meditation, whatever is most comfortable for a person that would allow him or her to meditate is all right.

There are two kinds of meditation, moving meditation and still meditation.

Moving meditation involves movements of the body such as Qi Gong, Tai Chi, Yoga, dancing, walking and jogging. In this case rhythmic series of movements and the mind concentrates or is centered on breath. Thoughts are recognized without judgment and then our focus goes back to breath. Focus can also be on the movement itself, the flowing internal energy from the body, the external environment, or even in the case of dancing, the connection to music.

In still meditation on the other hand, our bodies and minds are unmoving. Sitting, standing, or lying meditation focuses on anything; breath, counting, a mantra (sound), candles, incense, a rock, a spot on the ground or ceiling, the birds, the sky, anything your heart desires. Thoughts are recognized without judgment, then let go, and concentration is brought back to what you were originally focused on. Breathing is through the nose in a natural unforced manner.

That’s all the meditation news for today.

Please bookmark this blog and return often as I will be posting specific methods for meditating in the next few posts.

Sincerely,

Thomas “Trapper” Sherwood; CMH
Certified Master Hypnotist

http://mindvacationmeditation.com

Filed under: Uncategorized on March 2nd, 2010