| Stress can come from your relationships, your | | | | 3. Chakra meditation |
| job, your family, strangers or any other situation | | | | This is one of the techniques of meditation that |
| that we allow to take over our calmness. | | | | uses the body's energy centers, or chakras. It is |
| Meditation is the ancient art of relaxation and it | | | | said to raise the levels of energy in the body's |
| works for a number of life situations to control | | | | chakras. Chakra means "wheel". Each chakra |
| your feelings and aid in helping life situations. | | | | represents a major organ of the body. In total, |
| The techniques of meditation may vary from | | | | there are seven major chakras. This type of |
| culture to culture, but there is no doubt that all | | | | meditation helps the individual explore his or her |
| meditation students are working towards similar | | | | own chakras and awakens the individual to a |
| goals. | | | | different conscious level in an integrated and |
| 1. Mantra Meditation | | | | balanced fashion. |
| This involves repeating specific sounds over and | | | | 4. Vipassana meditation. |
| over in order to achieve a state of meditation. | | | | It means "to see things as they really are". This is |
| The word "mantra" stands for "revealed sound" | | | | one of India's most ancient techniques of |
| and they usually occur spontaneously. Most people | | | | meditation. This is an insightful form of meditation |
| in the West know "ohm" as the most common | | | | that helps the individual see things through self |
| mantra meditation. Mantras are not religious | | | | observation [ Meditating in this way reveals one's |
| chants but are chants that bring one to a higher | | | | true nature to themselves, recognizing that there |
| level of inner awareness. | | | | are positive and negative elements to everyone. |
| 2. Tratka meditation | | | | 5. Raja Yoga Meditation |
| This is a specific meditation method that has been | | | | The basis for this technique is to observe the |
| used in several religious ideologies, including | | | | thinking mind so as to calm the incessant flow and |
| Christianity and Sufism. It involves gazing intently | | | | bombardment by chaotic thoughts. Observing |
| at a particular object, for example a candle flame. | | | | your thoughts without judgment brings calmness |
| This technique of meditation is used in yoga as a | | | | and self awareness that most people are not |
| cleansing method. It is said to bring one to the | | | | even aware exists. |
| highest level of personal meditation. | | | | |