Meditation Techniques – Find out what suits you best

by | Jun 16, 2016 | Meditation | 0 comments

One of the most frequently asked questions about meditation techniques is the best or the most effective way of meditation. In order to be successful with meditation, it needs to be simple, comfortable, relaxed to show the full benefits of the practice. Depending on your beliefs, as far the details go, whatever works for you is usually the best approach for you. The only key is giving a commitment every day to sit, breathe and connect with yourself. Here are some ways of meditation that can be suited for you.

Primordial sound meditation

Rooted in the Vedic tradition of India, primordial sound meditation or PSM for short is a silent practice that uses a mantra. A personal mantra that was created only for you by the vibrational sound the universe was creating at the time and place of your birth. It’s personalized and calculated by following mathematic formulas and is very personal and specific to you.
PSM is practiced by sitting down in comfort with your focus on your intellectual side of the brain. By repeating your personal mantra, it will help you to enter deeper levels of awareness. During meditation, you silently repeat the mantra, which creates a vibration that helps you slip into a place below the noisy chatter of the mind, and into stillness and pure awareness. This method can only be taught by Dr. Deepak and Dr. David Simon, the founders of the method. And only is available at the Chopra centers and Chopra center certified instructors all over the world.

Mindfulness-based stress reduction

Founded by Jon Kabat Zinn in 1970. This method is now offered in over 200 medical centers, hospitals, and clinics around the world. Short for MBSR, classes are taught by only medical professionals like physicians, nurses, and psychologists. This is to create a connection in care between the patient and the medical team.
The method mainly focuses on your breathing and body awareness. From breathing, as simple as it may be, you’ll be focusing you attention on the inhalation and exhalation. And the body awareness is your focused attention on the physical body starting at the toes and working its way up to heighten your doing this it releases a lot of tension and gives relaxation to the practioner. This maybe be done by sitting, laying down or even walking depending on the focus of the practitioner.


This is one of the most popular methods of meditation and often referred to as Za zen , which literally means “seated meditation” it comes from Buddhism that describes it more of a philosophy than a religion. An interaction with a teacher is a must here. And being one with the mind by breathing is needed. There are scriptures or teachings or often called sutras are taught through the whole interaction. Chanting are involved as well. This method focuses more on the attainment of enlightenment and the personal expression of insight in the Buddhist teachings.

Transcendental meditation

Beatles are one of the famous followers of this practice. Which was founded by maharishi Mahesh Yogi, it uses a mantra made out of Sanskrit words to help the practitioner focus during meditation in lieu of just following breath.

The student will be given a personal mantra that is determined by different factors such as the date of birth and even the gender. Not only has it depended on the student but also in the teacher and the year that the teacher was trained. This is a seated meditation, and the list of mantas varied depending on the year where they received their instruction.

Kundalini Yoga

Founded by Yogi Bhajan, this method was passed on hundreds of meditations tailored to specific applications. Also connected in Yoga practice and ways. Kundalini has a lot of specific tools that are personalized and precisely used to support the mind and guide the body through breathing, using mantra, hand positions “Mudra” and focus. This method has the largest meditation techniques and varieties. There are meditation practices that only caters to certain needs like reduce stress, work on addictions, and clear chakras and more. This is often practiced with a teacher, because everything is pretty extensive to practice alone.

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