| The Stillness Style Meditation technique is one of | | | | simply clear your mind of all your thought. Imagine |
| the simplest techniques to actually master. It is | | | | the clearing of the thoughts in your mind as |
| also a fantastic meditation style that can be used | | | | water going down the drain. |
| with or without meditation music. The Stillness | | | | Each time you tense up and then release focus |
| Style Meditation is one of the first meditation | | | | on stillness. Do not make any rapid movements; |
| techniques taught when you learn the Buddhist | | | | simply release the tension of your muscles under |
| way of life. | | | | your skin with no movement of your body at all. |
| Stillness meditation is the technique used to help | | | | During each exhalation, make sure you take a |
| you get control of your thoughts when you are | | | | moment to pause and feel the energy as it |
| starting out to learn how to meditate. What most | | | | rushes out of your body and you feel that sense |
| people find the first time they try to meditate is | | | | of calm. If as you are doing this, you have a |
| that they cannot stop thinking? This is one of the | | | | tendency to let thoughts from the day, past or |
| greatest challenges you face in meditation, trying | | | | of the future into your mind, simply let them float |
| to clear your mind and keep it clear. | | | | away and bring your mind back to the moment. |
| However, one point to note, the more you | | | | When you are first starting out, only do this |
| meditate, the easier it becomes to control the | | | | exercise for 10 minutes per day. Generally, work |
| thoughts in your mind. I can tell you that from | | | | on the basis of one cycle each minute but most |
| experience. | | | | people will do two per minute till they become |
| The first step in the Stillness meditation style is to | | | | more experienced. The core reason for doing this |
| find a comfortable place to meditate, ensuring | | | | exercise is to help you break the cycle of stress |
| that it is relatively quiet, safe and comfortable. | | | | or the buzz that most people have when they |
| Before you start the meditation simply do a few | | | | are first trying to learn to meditation. The more |
| stretching exercises. | | | | you practice this exercise the sooner you will be |
| Sit down on the floor or on a chair, which ever is | | | | able to achieve a sense of calm and move onto |
| more comfortable. Now close your eyes and as | | | | other more complex and fulfilling meditation |
| you inhale a breath, tense all the muscles in your | | | | techniques. |
| body including your feet, legs, arms, face, neck, | | | | This technique is usually the first one people start |
| hands and fingers and then release them with an | | | | off with during a meditation session and then they |
| exhaling breath. | | | | move to a deep breathing meditation session as |
| During this exercise do not in any way control | | | | their core meditation technique. However it is |
| your breath or withhold it, simply let it flow | | | | totally up to you as to whether you want to use |
| naturally as you inhale and then exhale. As you | | | | this as the starting meditation technique for all |
| are following these exercises and breathing out, | | | | your meditation sessions. |