Meditation: The Way to a Peaceful Life

Meditation: The Way to a Peaceful Life – Meditation is a technique of exploring yourself. To know more about you, who you are? Aim of your this life? And many more questions that wander in our minds. The purpose of meditation is to attain knowledge about you and eventually gain peace. With the regular practice of meditation, one can control the mind and thoughts. It gives transparency to you about your emotions, relations, anxiety, and sorrows.

There are many forms of meditation from different origins. Various techniques have evolved from Buddhism, Hinduism, Islam, Christianity, and Jainism. Let’s talk about some of its types that one can practice daily and avail yourself of the luxury of peaceful life.

Mindfulness Meditation

Mindfulness meditation is a technique from Buddhist vipassana meditation. It is practiced by sitting in a cross-legged position on a cushion with closed eyes and back straight. As the name suggests this technique focuses on mindfulness or awareness of thoughts, actions, and emotions. You can start with a short session of 10 minutes by focusing on your breathing. When the thoughts come, watch in and out of breath. Regular practice makes it easy to keep the mind focused on breathing.

Deep Breathing Meditation

This is the easiest and quick technique of meditation to remove stress and can be practiced anywhere. You can unite it with aromatherapy and music to get relaxation. The basic aim is to get the maximum amount of fresh air. The more amount of oxygen you inhale, your tension and anxiety levels decrease.

To practice, deep breathing meditation, sit in a position with a straight back. Place one hand on your stomach and another hand on your chest. When you breathe in from the nose your hand on your stomach must rise, and another hand on your chest should move a little. Exhale from the mouth pushing out the maximum air you can such that your abdomen muscles contract. Your hand on the stomach should move in with the muscle’s movement along with exhaling and your hand on the chest should move a little again. Continue with the practice and count slowly when you exhale.

Walking Meditation

This is something different than other meditation techniques that are practiced in sitting postures. It creates awareness about your feet while walking and the connection between body and earth.

Try practicing in a peaceful place where your mind is not distracted. Walk at least seven steps in a straight line and then take a turn in another direction. Start with the right foot and pick up only one foot at a time. While walking just concentrate on your movement and try to create a connection between your foot and the earth.

You can also take guided meditation classes before starting the meditation at home. This will set up your routine. Meditating every day at the same time (preferably early morning) will give better results. Along with healthy food and meditation techniques, you can follow some spiritual books to adopt a good lifestyle – Meditation: The Way to a Peaceful Life