Meditation Techniques
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I listen to boards of canada. Their trippy sound puts me in the perfect balance of serene and twisted to get through my day with a smile on my face and a smartass quip always ready to shoot off the firing line. Luckily i know the right time to open my mouth. haha
Play TF2 with the volume turned all the way down and no sound what-so-ever around me. Seriously, One simple focused task is revealing and TF2 somehow has a calming effect on me. When nobody is yelling at me to heal them or how stupid some guy/the game is it's great.
some of you may know I'm utterly obsessed with parkour so to relax or regain focus in my day, I think of whatever physical movement I'm trying to master and say to myself "focus on the goal", right now I'm trying to get better at doing handstands so I picture what a handstand should look like from my point of view and hold it.
Whenever I have time (when my kids are both in school), I walk one of the local nature trails, then do tai chi when i get to the summit. It's a hill, not a mountain trail, so it's not that amazing, but it feels peaceful.
I like watching Africam for relaxing.
http://www.africam.com/wildlife/index.php#
Leaving in on in the background and listening to the wild noises is nice. The Elephant Plains are really nice right now. Cicadas and stuff. Get past all the little video blurbs and it's really nice.
Op, are you just asking for the sake of asking or are you looking for actual meditative techniques? If you are looking for such things drop me a PM and I'll pass such a method on.
http://www.africam.com/wildlife/index.php#
Leaving in on in the background and listening to the wild noises is nice. The Elephant Plains are really nice right now. Cicadas and stuff. Get past all the little video blurbs and it's really nice.
Op, are you just asking for the sake of asking or are you looking for actual meditative techniques? If you are looking for such things drop me a PM and I'll pass such a method on.
Sometimes when I need to relax and think straight, I take a few minutes to meditate. It's quite hard in some ways, because you really need to clear your mind when doing it. A good start is to focus on your breathing. Yoga has some quality breathing techniques for various intentions, and one I practise myself is usually intended for relaxing.NC3 said:
When I meditate, I search for a quiet place, and seat or lay myself down comfortably. I then concentrate solely on my breathing: four seconds of breathing in, eight seconds breathing out, wait for four seconds, then breathe in again for four seconds. Keep that up for a few minutes, and try not to think about anything except your breath.
That can be wonderful on it's own, but sometimes I go a step further, and actually imagine my energy recharging. In Taiji, the energy, or Chi of your body is very important. It flows through your entire body, and energises it. I saw somewhere that this energy is recharged with, well let's call it cosmic energy. The energy flows in at the bottom of your spine, and flows out at the top of your head. At times I imagine the energy exiting the top of my head, being a bit drained and thus the colour red. I then imagine the revitalised energy as green flowing back through my spine.
At first I concentrate at the individual parts; consequently the energy leaving the body, and then re-entering, and flowing through the spine and body. When I have enough focus, I then try to picture the process as a whole, and imagine a continuous flow of energy coursing through my body. This in itself is quite draining on the mind, because you need to concentrate hard. But the result is quite pleasing. If you are willing to try abstract concepts like this open mindedly, you too may find the result to your liking!