Meditation: Techniques for Stress Management and Breathing

By Athena Doros

In this fascinating short-read, you’ll find out about some out-of-the-box methods to take your meditation practices to the next level. Some of those methods are:



Karate breathing meditation
Aromatherapy
Mantra meditation
Walking meditation
Tai Chi
Healing sound baths
Zen meditation



In a way, the basics are also explained in the beginning, but as you can see, there are many ways to make it a bit more interesting or creative. I invite you to look inside or listen to the audio version of the book and find out!

• Language: English
• Publisher: Efalon Acies
• Release date: Oct 19, 2020
• ISBN: 9791220209618

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Meditation

Techniques for Stress Management and Breathing

By Athena Doros

Table of Contents

Chapter 1: Meditation Strategies to Get You Up and Going

Chapter 2: Basic Meditation for Stress Management

Chapter 3: Karate Breathing Meditation

Chapter 4: Meditate with Aromatherapy

Chapter 5: Mantra Meditation for Stress Relief

Chapter 6: Walking Meditation for Stress Relief

Chapter 7: What Is Tai Chi?

Chapter 8: The Healing of Sound Baths

Chapter 9: Zen Meditation

Chapter 1: Meditation Strategies to Get You Up and Going

Meditation is widely advised as a health-boosting practice-- and for great reason. It provides many positive benefits, from minimizing symptoms of tension to relieving physical complaints like headaches and even boosting resistance to disease.

Between the health benefits and the fact that it's free and requires as few as 5 minutes, it's easy to see why meditation has become a well-known enhance to standard medicine.

Fundamental Principles of Meditation

Though it can be practiced in different ways, some typical threads run through virtually all meditation methods:

Focuses Mind: It is a typical mistaken belief that meditation triggers the mind to end up being 'quiet.' In reality, your mind is typically in thought. Though your thoughts may not be as fast, it is very common for your mind to be active when you are practicing meditation. The key is to acknowledge this with compassion while bringing the focus back to the breath anytime you can. Meditation is a lot like training a puppy to sit; the mind being the puppy, the breath being the trainer.

Remaining in the Now: Rather than concentrating on the past or future, all meditative practices involve focusing on the present. Remaining in the now includes experiencing each moment, letting it go, and then experiencing the next. Concentrating on the here and now takes practice, as many of us live the majority of our lives thinking to the future or pondering on the past.

Modified State of Awareness: With time, keeping a peaceful mind and focusing on the present can result in an altered level of awareness that isn't a sleeping state but isn't rather your average wakeful state either. Meditation increases brain activity in