Different Ways of Meditation By Trevor

There are many different ways to meditate.

No particular method of meditating is more "right" than another,
it's simply a matter of finding out the meditation method that
works best for you.

You may even find that the method that works best for you varies
according to your own mood or what you are looking to achieve in a
given meditation session.
Let's take a look at the more common meditation methods:

  1. Guided meditations. These can be given "in person" (they are
often used in large events like the ones given by Tony Robbins and
Christopher Howard) or they can be pre-recorded and you can listen
to them in the comfort of your own home. Guided meditations can
take many different forms. They can range from general relaxation
meditations through to specific meditations to help you find a
solution to a personal or a health problem that is causing you
issues.
  2. Breathing meditations. These are exactly what they sound like
- you will concentrate on your breathing as the main focus of the
meditation. Typically a breathing meditation will start with you
noticing your breathing, paying attention to how you breathe and
then moving on to taking deeper breaths (inhaling longer, holding
your breath and then slowly exhaling). That said, breathing
meditations can be a lot more energetic if you want them to be -
some breathing meditations will get you to follow through the whole
process with arm and body movements. These are excellent for
recharging your energy and giving you new levels of vitality.
  3. Cosmic ordering. This has been popularized with The Secret
and The Law of Attraction. Cosmic ordering is a sub-set of
meditation where you focus on something that you want to attract
into your life. You will then visualize whatever it is that you
want to attract (love, money, health, etc) and it is this
visualization process that is often done in a meditative state.
  4. Yoga. This ancient technique is often combined with
meditation to enhance the effect of both the yoga and any
associated meditation. You can get yoga classes and instructions
for download on the internet or you may prefer the social
interaction of joining a local yoga class.
  5. Electronic meditation. Our modern lifestyle encourages us to
look for rapid results. Electronic meditation CDs and MP3s can be
just the answer to this. Combining relaxing sounds - often rainfall
or meditative music - with "binaural beats" which encourage your
brain to drop quickly into a meditative state, these modern
electronically generated meditations are helping many people who
just haven't got the time to spend developing their meditative
techniques.

Discover more about these different ways to meditate and learn how
to meditate easily and effectively at
http://learnaboutmeditation.com/2008/03/09/ways-to-meditate/