| p>To help you get started learning how to | | | | universe. |
| meditate on like to share with you a few basic | | | | 2. Another popular form of meditation is one that |
| meditation techniques. There are a lot of books | | | | uses simple breathing techniques to enter a |
| that try to teach a variety of complex methods, | | | | meditative state. To do this, you simply focus on |
| but I would like to boil it down to three basic | | | | your breathing and turn your mind away from |
| meditation techniques. Use these to get started | | | | your scattered thoughts.the goals of eventually |
| and pretty soon you'll be ready for more | | | | you lose track of your breathing and your mind |
| advanced techniques that can really help you find | | | | will be free and clear of all thoughts, which is the |
| peace, tranquility, and deal with stress far more | | | | true goal of meditation. |
| effectively. | | | | 3. A final technique that will talk about, is the |
| | | | visualized meditation. This form of meditation |
| 1. Mantra meditation is a method which uses a | | | | involves focusing on a picture or object in order |
| word or phrase as a point of concentration to | | | | to reach a meditative state. One very popular |
| help you cancel out all other thoughts.Typically,a | | | | method is the candle flame method, which is |
| mantra is repeated with every breath either | | | | practiced across the world. The best way to do |
| verbally or mentally, and is used until you no | | | | this is simply to light a candle, sit in a comfortable |
| longer need it.one of the most popular mantras, is | | | | meditative position, and stare into the candle |
| "Om," which is said to be the sound of the | | | | flame until your thoughts fade away. |