Meditation buzz.

Meditation has recently come under the limelight with all youngsters starting to use it without realizing its significance. However, it has done good and intrigues so many people that the number of meditators has frantically increased in recent years than it was earlier.

What is meditation?

Meditation is just being in the moment. It ain’t as simple as it reads. Sitting still without thinking anything but concentrating on the present is a very daunting task and it demands perseverance and willpower to continue amidst all odds.

It is proven that meditation alleviates stress and anxiety, improves health, and increases happiness. It is a sense of achieving heightened awareness with the self and the world. It is opening up to your spirit and harnessing it every now and then. Though there is no right or wrong way to meditate, you can still attempt to read through the different types of meditation and find out for yourselves as to which speaks better to you.

Meditation Cadres.
The following are the most common types of meditation and remember to ask yourself these questions so as to understand what you really like.

Does darkness help me to relax or fear?

When do I focus – in movement, whilst sitting still?
Do I find sounds calming or distracting?
Am I trying to focus my mind or clear it off thoughts?

If you have answers, great, you have identified which meditation practice. For those of you who have positive or negative answers to all the questions, don’t lose hopes, try everything and find out for yourself.

Focused Meditation:
Who should try it: For beginners and those who need help focusing.

Focused meditation is the label for any kind of meditation forms that concentrate on either of the five senses. The most commonly recommended method is to focus on the inhale and the exhale and fix the focus to where you feel it, either in the expanding of the chest or bulging and evacuating the abdomen. Whilst visualization seems easy, other aspects include pivoting on sounds or touch.

Movement Meditation:
Who should try it: People who find calmness when in action.

A fairly broad category, movement meditation is an active branch of meditation and assimilates some kind of motion. The movement necessarily need not be a rigorous sport, it can be as simple as walking in the park, yoga, gardening, and even doing the utensils, household chores, basic housecleaning to declutter the mind. By allowing these gentle movements to counsel you, your mind is free to wander and explore within itself.

Spiritual Meditation:
Who should try it: People who are looking for spiritual growth and those who prosper in silence.

Spiritual meditation is similar to prayer that includes numerous elements to help practitioners reach a more contemplative state. In spiritual meditation, you endure the stillness and silence around you and gradually begin to allow your mind ponder to internal questions and thoughts through prayers. It can be practiced both at home or a place of worship, depending on where you feel comfortable. Some people find answers to their deepest thought from outside whilst few others simply allow themselves to be comfortable within the silence that they believe would eventually help them with an answer.

Mantra Meditation:
Who should try it: People who find peace in repetition.

Mantra meditation uses a repetitive sound or set of humming to uncloud the mind. By chanting the mantra, your mind will be able to concentrate on the rhythmic song and liberate the stressors from within. There is no rule to sing mantras – it can be chirped loud or whispered within. The most common and beneficial mantra is chanting “Om” repeatedly that is known to incite many senses of the body with every hum of it. However, you can decide on which mantra to choose.

Transcendental Meditation:
Who should try it: People who want to persevere and those who are looking for a more structured meditation practice.

Transcendental meditation holds fame for having been practiced by millions worldwide because of its diligent structure. Though it shares its fame with Mantra meditation where practitioners can chant any mantra that they are comfortable with,  Transcendental meditation holds an upper hand where each practitioner based on their birth year and gender will be given dedicated mantras to recite along with focusing the breath. It is purely not promoting a religion, but a philosophy and a lifestyle.

Mindfulness Meditation:
Who should try it: An Autodidact.

The most liberal form of meditation that does not need access to an expert. It is an eternal life practice and is the blanket approval for all techniques used to accept. Mindfulness meditation is an art to keep reminding oneself to experience the present situation and release stress into the air. With daily practice, it would lead to a focused attention and observation of the world. This mainly aids in understanding others instead of passing judgment on others.

So, try your meditation today and stick on what’s interacting with you the best.