| If you've never meditated before but you want | | | | your way, just let them be. They will go and new |
| to try it out, here are some meditation types | | | | ones will take their place and that is ok. Eventually |
| that total beginners at meditation can attempt | | | | the thoughts, the chit-chatter of your mind will |
| successfully. Meditation doesn't need to be difficult, | | | | lessen and you will be able to simply be. You will |
| so anyone telling you that is grossly mistaken. | | | | wake up relaxed, and oddly refreshed, ready to |
| Sometimes meditation is as easy as listening to a | | | | take on the day. |
| meditation music and drifting away to a quiet and | | | | The second meditation type is called Mantra |
| calm place that will make you feel completely | | | | meditation, or Japa meditation. Here you will either |
| refreshed when the session is over. Other times, | | | | whisper, say loudly or even say in your mind a |
| you might have to say a mantra over and over | | | | mantra, a particular word that you feel attracted |
| again. A mantra is nothing more than a particular | | | | to, that feels right to you. Most of the times |
| word, such as Om (spelled Aummm), repeated in | | | | people use the word Om (spelled Aummm) over |
| a successive matter, which creates a vibration to | | | | and over again. This will have a resonation, a |
| your head that will stimulate the brain in a | | | | vibration that will cause your mind to slow down, |
| beneficial way. Yet at other times you simply | | | | to relax and be refreshed. |
| listen to a tape or CD where a guide talks you | | | | The third type of meditation is called guided |
| through a serious of exercises of the mind to | | | | meditation, and here you will have a tape or CD |
| relax and de-stress you completely. | | | | with the calming voice of a man or woman who |
| The first meditation type is called by many | | | | guides you through the meditation. You will listen |
| names: reiki meditation music, yoga meditation | | | | to the tape, and follow the guide on your |
| music, relaxation meditation. You either buy a | | | | meditation journey. Some people call this almost |
| tape or download a few mp3s for free | | | | hypnotism, which in a way it is, as you really drift |
| (completely legal) and play that in your mp3 | | | | away and you get yourself in another world, a |
| player or ipod. You need to be in a relaxed | | | | world of your mind, that is totally relaxing, calming. |
| position, with no interruptions whatsoever. Just | | | | Once you wake up from the trance, again you |
| listen to the relaxing music, and let your mind | | | | feel refreshed, grounded and totally in the |
| wander. Doesn't matter what thoughts come | | | | present, in the now. |