Instructions- If you are a beginner start by sitting straight and count until ten, and after every number exhale. After counting your inhalations and exhalations start from one again. If you become unfocused during the count, slowly draw your attention towards your breathing and start counting again. Once you get more skillful with this process, you could stop counting and concentrate on your breath only. This transition could take you years because it is quite difficult to enter this version of the meditation. The Zen meditation technique will uplift your heart and soul- and elevate your level of awareness and responsiveness.

2. Mantra Meditation Method - This forms the essence of the Hindu faith and the effectiveness of this approach has made it very popular. The name explains the method- you have to choose a mantra that is easy for you to repeat either mentally or aloud. This will help you in focusing your energies and consequently you will be better enabled to develop your concentration powers.

A favored mantra is So Hum Mantra Meditation. When inhaling, mentally say ‘Sooo’, then mentally say “Hummm” while you are exhaling. ‘So Hum’ interprets as ‘I am That’ meaning that you are unified with the divine. In this manner you are able to expand the emotions at your heart allowing you to open up your love, unreserved.

3. The Chakra Meditation Method - You could reap many benefits from this method of Chakra meditation. And the interesting part is that there are many variations of this method. Chakras are a whirlpool of energy that you must balance in order to reap benefit from this process. Once the energy in your system is properly balanced you could make considerable progress in both your emotional and physical fields. Here’s how you could unlock and stabilize the flow of energy in your life-

a. Place your energies over your body and center your thoughts on them. Little by little your awareness will be filled with it and the energy inside will be released.

b. The Chakras are in direct relation to the ‘Beej mantra’ or the ’seed sound’. As you say the Chakra again and again, the target area is opened up and balances. Care is used in this method to prevent opening these areas too fast.

If you want to find out how your life can be benefited from meditation just give it a try and find out!