Mindfulness Meditation
What’s the best position for meditating?
Description of most body positions suited for meditating and circumstances for using one rather than another.
CONTEMPLATIVE MEDITATION
Describes what contemplative meditation is, what purpose it serves, and how to do it.
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.
WALKING MEDITATIONS
Instructions for how to do several variations of walking meditation that connects synchronizes breathing and walking. Describes reasons for and benefits of doing it.
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 III – Mindfulness or Witness Consciousness
"Mindfulness" has become a catch-word in some circles in recent years. Some of those who use the term understand it and some don't. It's a Buddhist term that is differs very little from the Yogic term "witness consciousness." Both involve noticing, moment-by-moment,...