Saturday, April 2, 2011

2 Forms of Mindfulness

Mindfulness is awareness of something that does not judge. This could be the awareness of thoughts, feelings or sensations. Vigilance is a state that usually arrive during the meditation practice. This article shows two types of meditation techniques that will improve the care of his thoughts. The first is called "left floating in a river" meditation. These are the steps for this kind of meditation:

1. Find a quiet place

2. Sit upright in a chair.

3. Close your eyes.

4. Take a deep breath.

5. Focus on the movement of breath for several minutes. Observe the air as you inhale and exhale.

6. Imagine that you're watching a moving stream. It is a leaf floating in a river. Imagine that every thought that pops into your mind is on top of each leaf.

7. If you do not imagine this scene. When you distract the idea, and this scene is lost to imagine the idea of ​​floating leaves. Back to the meditation and continue to look at the ideas floating leaves. Another form of meditation is called "Breath meditation." In this form of meditation, you focus on your breathing meditation.

To do this type of meditation, you can go to a quiet place and sat upright on a chair when it "leaves floating on the river" of meditation. You should do the following:

1 Getting to know your thoughts as they pop up.

2. Focus on the movement of your breath, inhale and exhale.

3. When you get distracted, notice what you distracted, gently return to focus on breathing. Try to practice a kind of meditation and the rest of next week. Meditation practice, every ten minutes a day for seven days. After trying it a week, find out what kind of meditation will give you the desired results. After selecting one, practice meditation for ten minutes at least three times a week.