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These 12 types of meditation can help you

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There are many different types of Meditation, each pursuing different techniques and goals. Here are some of the best -known meditation types:

Mindfulness-meditation”>1. Mindfulness meditation (Mindfulness Meditation)

  • Goal: Mindfulness meditation focuses on awareness of the current moment. Thoughts, emotions and body sensations are perceived, but not evaluated.
  • Technology: Focus on the breath or other aspects of the current moment (e.g. noises, thoughts). This form of meditation has its roots in Buddhism and has become very popular in the western world.
  • Well -known: MBSR (Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction) and Vipassana.

2. Transcendental meditation (TM)

  • Goal: The TM aims to calm the mind and enable deep relaxation and access to a state of “pure consciousness“.
  • Technology: The practice is to meditate twice a day for 20 minutes while sitting and repeat a mantra that is selected individually.
  • origin: This technology was developed by Maharishi Mahesh Yogi in the 1950s and found worldwide awareness.

3. Zen meditation (zazen)

  • Goal: Zen meditation, also known as zazen, strives for deep insight into the nature of being and promotes a state of serenity.
  • Technology: Seat meditation with a focus on the breath, sometimes supported by counting the breaths. This practice has severe roots in Zen Buddhism.
  • attitude: The sitting position is particularly important here. You often sit in the so -called “lotus position” or the “half lotus position”.

4. Metta meditation (Liebende quality meditation)

  • Goal: The aim of this meditation is to develop positive feelings such as love, compassion and benevolence.
  • Technology: You start with the desire for happiness and well -being for yourself and then expand these wishes to other people until you ultimately include all living things.
  • Application: Often practiced in Buddhist traditions, but also very popular in the West to develop empathy and compassion.

5. Kundalini meditation

  • Goal: The activation of Kundalini energy, which is considered a sleeping energy at the lower end of the spine, and whose ascent through the chakras.
  • Technology: This meditation combines breathing techniques, mantras and specific postures to awaken energy and to expand awareness.
  • origin: Strong roots in tantra and Yoga, particularly known for the practices of Kundalini Yoga.

6. Yoga meditation

  • Goal: This meditation serves to calm the mind and the union of body, mind and soul.
  • Technology: In addition to postures (Asanas) and breathing control (Pranayama), meditation exercises are also used in order to increase concentration and expand self -awareness.
  • Examples: Hatha Yoga and Raja Yoga.

7. Walking meditation

  • Goal: Mindful walking to deepen awareness of the body and breath.
  • Technology: While you go slowly and consciously, you focus on the movement of your legs and feet as well as on the breath. This practice can be carried out outdoors or indoors.
  • origin: Often practiced in Buddhist monasteries and retreats.

8. Mantra meditation

  • Goal: This meditation uses repeating a mantra to focus on the mind and find inner peace.
  • Technology: A word, a phrase or a sound (often in Sanskrit) is repeated quietly or loudly to calm the mind and minimize distractions.
  • Example: “OM” is one of the most famous mantras in the Hindu tradition.

9. Chakra meditation

  • Goal: Balancing of the seven chakras, which are considered the body’s energy centers.
  • Technology: Concentration on the energy centers in the body, often combined with visualizations of colors and mantras that are assigned to the individual chakras.
  • use: This meditation is often used to promote emotional and energetic balance.

10. Visualization meditation

  • Goal: Create positive mental images and scenarios to calm the mind and promote emotional well -being.
  • Technology: You imagine a calm, peaceful scene or a goal to promote relaxation or manifest the desired result. It is often used in the context of stress reduction and healing practices.

11. Atemmeditation (Pranayama)

  • Goal: Control and calming the mind through focused breathing techniques.
  • Technology: Different breathing techniques are used to strengthen the awareness of the breath and calm the mind. This method is often integrated in yoga and mindfulness meditation.

12. dance meditation

  • Goal: Dance meditation is a form of meditation that combines movement and mindfulness in order to achieve a state of mental and emotional freedom. The body can let go of tensions through free movements, and the spirit is brought into the current moment.
  • Technology: The dance is often carried out without defined steps or strict rules. Instead, you move freely in the rhythm of music, focus on the body sensations and let thoughts and emotions flow naturally. Well -known shapes are 5 rhythms dance,, Oosho Kundalini Meditation or Sufi whirling.

This diversity shows that meditation Depending on the individual needs and preferences, can be practiced in many forms. Every kind offers different ways to calm the mind, healing or spiritual enlightenment.




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