5 Different Ways to Meditate – Simple Ways to Meditate Easily

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:

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.