BREATHING STYLE
 

The practice of a breathing can help you bring your focus back into the present moment. As the mind calms, so does the body and vice versa. A breathing meditation can help you understand how you can immediately influence your own physical and mental well-being.
 

Benefits:

• Reduces stress

• Helps ground you

• Clears and centers your mind

• Revitalizes your body

 

You can learn more about breathing techniques from yoga studios and wellness centers in your area. Internet searches will also provide tutorials and videos.

GUIDED MEDITATION
 

Guided meditations are when you are led through a meditation. These can be done live in a class, via video or a recording. The topic or theme of the guided meditation can be related to physical well-being, manifesting, abundance, etc.

Benefits

• Helps with physical, mental, and emotional challenges

• Helps beginners who are looking for guidance

• Helps active minds that need help focusing

• Helps to gain clarity for those who feel “stuck.”

 

As mentioned above, you can learn more about Guided Meditation from yoga studios and wellness centers in your area. Internet searches will also provide tutorials and videos.

MINDULNESS MEDITATION
 

Mindfulness Meditation is an ongoing practice that helps you to accept all that arises without judgement. This style addresses what is going on in the moment and works to immediately release stress from your mind. This involves the practice of surrendering and placing attention on that which helps you grow and evolve in a positive direction.

Benefits

• Enhance Self-awareness

• Decreases stress

• Helps shift toward a positive mood

• Improves sleep quality

 

There are many ways to practice mindfulness, including taking moments throughout the day to notice how you feel and what is going on around you. To help you get started, this quick meditation technique called “S.T.OP.” can help you deal with stressful moments. It allows you to pause, take in what’s happening, and then act with more awareness and wisdom.

Stop what you’re doing.

Take a breath and pause.

Observe what is happening in your mind, body, and external environment. Notice any default behaviors such as anger, fear, etc. Let it go, and

Proceed mindfully.

LOVE-KINDNESS MEDITATION
 

If you want to start changing your perception of the world, Loving-Kindness Meditation can begin to help make this shift. It uses words, images, and feelings, to invoke qualities of love and friendliness toward yourself and others. In recent years, research on this particular type of meditation has shown a range of benefits from improving general well-being to providing relief from illness.

Benefits:

• Increases self-love

• Enhances relationships

• Increases social connections

• Improves mental well-being

 

For more information on this style, please consult with yoga studios and wellness centers in your area. Internet searches will also provide tutorials and videos.

MANTRA MEDITATION
 

This is a common and beloved meditation practice that tends to be more structured. Mantras can be sounds, words, or phrases that are often silently repeated for the duration of a meditation, helping to keep the mind focused and serving as a vehicle to reach higher states of consciousness. Some mantras are meant to have meaning and others are used for their sounds or vibrations.

Benefits

• Satisfies a need for structure

• Focuses the wandering mind

• Reduces stress

• Improves mental and physical health

 

Please use this information as a guide to help you choose a style of meditation that resonates with you. There are many branches of meditation styles out there, but the five mentioned here are good gateways for those of you beginning this journey of self-discovery. Keep it simple and enjoy this process! You will know when you have found the right style for you. Believe in the journey, believe in yourself.