Concentrative Meditation
What’s the best position for meditating?
Description of most body positions suited for meditating and circumstances for using one rather than another.
INDIA NAMES, CHINA COUNTS: OF MANTRAS AND COUNTING MEDITATIONS
Describes the differences among naming of days of the week and months of the year in India, Thailand, China, Japan, and Vietnam. Connects these with mantra meditation and breath counting meditation. Describes basic meditations of each kind, and pure focus on breathing.
EMERGENCY MEDITATION
The process described in this blog is useful when you or another person is extremely stressed or upset and need some way to stop freaking out and calm down. It combines a very simple counting meditation with a mental “letting go” process and muscular relaxation.
MUDRAS AND MOVING MUDRAS
Description of how to use mudras as part of a meditation. Introduces “moving mudras” in which a slight movement of the hand position in rhythm with the breathing can make it easier to maintain focus and reduce the tendency of your mind to drift away during meditation.
MEDITATION: THE ESSENCE II – Concentration & Focus
MEDITATION -- THE ESSENCE Basic Meditation Instructions, Part II CONCENTRATIVE MEDITATION Concentrative meditation develops your ability to know what you are doing with your attention at any given moment and to focus your attention (and often that of others with whom...