| Meditation is a universally-accepted process of | | | | attaining of their spiritual goals. Whether it is a |
| cleansing, healing and restoring the mind, body and | | | | simple prayer, a chant or a mantra, prayer is the |
| the spirit practiced not just in today’s modern | | | | simplest, easiest and most accessible yoga and |
| world, but in ancient cultures. Yogis, or people | | | | meditation one can perform at any time. |
| trained with the ancient art of meditating, proclaim | | | | One of the most popular types of meditation and |
| meditation as the highest state of mind, where | | | | yoga is Mindfulness Meditation. It is a meditation |
| clarity and self-awareness is achieved, producing a | | | | technique where one focuses on the field or |
| kind of mystical peace and tranquility. | | | | background and embrace all the perception around |
| Meditation and yoga, which is a highly structured | | | | that field. In mindfulness meditation, the person |
| mental and physical meditation, are propagated by | | | | is trained to have an open focus of all the |
| many schools of thoughts. As such, there are | | | | inter-related senses coming from the immediate |
| various meditation and yoga principles from the | | | | environment while concentrating on a unifying |
| Eastern to the Western cultures and from | | | | object or a foundation from which to channel all |
| spiritually-evolved cultures like Oriental, Indian, | | | | the other senses that is being absorbed or |
| Tibetan and Grecian. Though they have different | | | | experienced. |
| names for the types of meditation and yoga they | | | | In contrast to mindfulness meditation is |
| are propagating, these techniques often possess | | | | Concentration Meditation, where one channels all |
| similar objectives and steps. | | | | the energy and focus on one specific object or |
| Here are a few different and important types of | | | | subject, blocking all distractions around. In |
| yoga and meditation which was practiced in the | | | | concentration meditation, the person holds |
| ancient world but still survives and given some | | | | attention on a single specific focus of thought, |
| modern twists today. | | | | which could be a prayer bead, or a thought-based |
| Prayer Meditation is considered one of the oldest | | | | anchor for concentration like a mantra or |
| and most effective types of yoga or meditation, | | | | repetitive prayer. |
| not to mention the most basic process of | | | | While concentration meditation trains the mind to |
| connecting within one’s inner self as well as | | | | withdraw all attachment beyond the self to |
| the surrounding, and the relationship between the | | | | develop full self-awareness, mindfulness meditation |
| two. This is not surprising since all religions in the | | | | encourages the mind to recognize elements |
| world have embraced some form of meditation | | | | beyond the self to be able to know the whole |
| as a major process in the understanding and | | | | self as a constitution of all the other elements. |