Meditation for a Russian person is a strange concept, not always clear. Few people see meditation as purification and energizing. Someone considers it a ritual to attract love, money, wealth and other things. Someone connects meditation with religious teachings and sects, leaving social life. Finally, some find it difficult, boring, and useless. In fact, meditation is a simple exercise in managing your attention.
Cleansing meditation - liberation from negative energy and filling with positive by focusing and relaxing at the same time. Meditation helps you find time to understand yourself and understand your body and mind. She will also help to find the answer to the banal question: “what do I want,” and understand her place in the world.
Meditation is a salvation for a modern person who experiences constant stress, suffers from restless sleep, always feels tired and even complains about lack of time. A person feels that meditation is necessary for him to cleanse himself from stress, tension, and negativity. What you need to restore strength and clarity of mind. Meditation is the art of achieving inner harmony and calm, a way of a powerful reset of the psyche. Just a few minutes of meditation per day contribute to the healing of the whole human body, the normalization of his vital rhythms.
Many are surprised, but meditation can be practiced absolutely anywhere. The main thing is to be able to plunge into a state of calm and tranquility, regardless of the environment.
Beginner Tips
If you need meditation to purify energy, we recommend that you start by familiarizing yourself with the following rules:
- Do not meditate after training and during severe physical fatigue. The best time to meditate is after sleep.
- No need to meditate sleepy - first cheer up. Take a cold shower, do exercises, do some yoga exercises.
- Meditation is best on an empty stomach. In the morning or 2-3 hours after eating.
- Nothing should distract from the process. Turn off the phone. Ask people around you not to touch.
- It is better to start meditation with breathing exercises.
Clothing should be loose so as not to interfere with breathing. Accessories are best removed.
Cleansing Meditation Techniques
The technique is based on concentration. You need to carefully monitor the movement of air during inhalation and exhalation, their duration.
If your attention suddenly switches to something else, just move it back. At first, in order not to be distracted, you can take inspiration and exhalation. Do not control breathing, focus on sensations. Put aside extraneous thoughts for later.
Singing mantras
Mantra is a statement or sound, a word that has a psychological and spiritual impact. Used in many religions. The most famous mantras are “Om, amen” and “Om mani padme hum” (“Treasure in the lotus”). Alternatively, you can use the word "world". The mantra must be repeated, synchronizing it with the breath, aloud or to oneself.
Visualization
This method requires the development of internal vision. Look at a simple geometric figure. Close your eyes. Try to imagine her. Over time, you can move on to more intricate figures, the so-called mandalas and yantras. You can use other images, representing various places close to the heart.
Metta bhavana
With the help of metta bhavana, one can develop not only concentration, but also a feeling of love for all living things. You need to start with love for yourself, then for loved ones, strangers, for enemies, for all living beings. Focus on your breath and repeat to yourself: “May I be happy,” “May I be calm,” “May I be free from suffering.” Then go to a person close to you with the words: “May you be happy,” “May you be free from suffering.” Then think of strangers, those with whom you have difficulty communicating, who hurt. Then wish good to the whole world.
Vipassana
Meditation focuses on sensations, not emotions. Performed sitting for an hour. Close your eyes, do not move, watch your sensations. Focus on the area of the most vivid sensations, but do not close yourself from the world: pay attention to new smells, sounds, blowing winds. All thoughts should pass you by, do not focus on them.
Vedanta Meditation
The method of self-study through questions. The thought came to you - ask who she came to, who asks this question, why she came to you. From each question a new thought will arise, to which one also needs to ask a question. As a result, you must move away from yourself and come to your unity with the world.
Meditation in motion
Perfect for those who can not sit still. It can be used when walking or doing yoga. Inhale and exhale to the beat of your movements. Keep in mind that this is not an additional exercise, but an opportunity to focus more.
Meditation to clear negative thoughts
It is better to spend it in the evening, before going to bed. Close your eyes. Inhale (through the nose), exhale (through the mouth). Try to see your thoughts. Then gradually begin to put them in a garbage bag. Then imagine how a garbage truck arrives and takes away this garbage. Then imagine the bright energy that completely fills you. As soon as the entire cleared space is full, take a breath and exhale open your eyes.
If you decide to begin to meditate, it is important to understand that after the first time the effect will be invisible. The result can be observed after one and a half to two weeks.