7 Basic Meditation Techniques
Meditation is an activity that stimulates and flexes the mind. Thus, all problems are not easy to shake the mind. Also, meditation helps us get to know our true selves and concentrate more on facing the present.
Meditation is not emptying the mind but emptying oneself of
negative feelings and thoughts (such as hate, jealousy, and lies) and then
filling them with kindness, compassion, and concentration. Meditation may lead
to purifying the soul and strengthening the mind. That is why meditation is a
detoxification tool.
Doing meditation should be accompanied by an instructor.
Why? So that there is feedback from the learned meditation method. The instructor will tell you how to meditate correctly, detect its progress, and
teach you how to adapt the meditation technique according to your personality.
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If you don't have time to go to a special place to learn meditation, you can do basic meditation techniques at home. But, keep in mind, do this exercise regularly. Not like medicine, which is taken when sick and left when healthy. Meditation is a lifelong practice of cleansing the mind and heart of trash.
Here are some basic meditation techniques that you can practice at home:
1. Find a fixed place and time not to be distracted by anything.
2. Take a sitting meditation position, namely cross-legged
with your right foot on top. You have back straightened. Don't lean back, so
you don't get sleepy. Place your hands on your lap with your palms facing
upwards.
3. Close your eyes, stick the tip of the tongue on the roof
of the mouth above.
4. Start with a prayer so that God will give you guidance
for balancing physically and spiritually.
5. Concentrate on the breath. Breathe normally. You have to
observe and feel the air coming in, going out, and so on. If the mind gets
distracted, return to a concentration on the breath.
6. Do this exercise for 10 minutes. Then rise to fifteen
minutes, then to 20.
7. Beginners may use aromatherapy or introductory music.
But, it's best not to spend the whole meditation—only 10 minutes at the start.
Because, if we are accustomed to wearing certain music or smells, our minds are
trapped in the music and smells alone. Couldn't go any deeper.