Most meditations involve focusing on a thought, object, or movement. This meditation actively trains the mind to focus.
Concentration meditation
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The goal of mindfulness meditation is to be present without judgment. Simply noticing thoughts, feelings, sensations, or nearby events.
Mindfulness meditation
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A person repeats a spiritual word, sound, or sentence aloud or mentally in mantra meditation. It quiets and trains the mind to concentrate.
Mantra meditation
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Traditionally, Buddhists practice zazen, or sitting meditation. This spiritual practice involves sitting upright and breathing.
Zen meditation
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Transcendental Meditation is a mantra meditation. This well-researched and popular method helps practitioners transcend the mind and clear distracting thoughts.
Transcendental meditation
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Metta Bhavana, or lovingkindness meditation, contemplates love. It reduces suffering and fosters compassion. Meditation begins with self-love, then love for others, and love for all life.
Loving-kindness meditation
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Qigong is movement meditation. Gentle exercises and controlled breathing boost energy and calm the mind.
Qigong
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Yoga Nidra is yogic sleep. A teacher leads a meditation through the five layers of self while a person rests in savasana.
Yoga Nidra
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Bowls, gongs, chimes, and cymbals facilitate reflection in a sound bath. Sound soothes the nervous system.