A Mere Meditator

Frankly speaking, both guided and unguided meditations should be a part of your practice! There are many reasons for that. Guided meditations teach you new things. And they also disturb you sometimes! While unguided meditations are really distraction free, but you have fewer chances to learn more! So let's get to the real topic ' Guided vs Unguided Meditations: What is better for YOU? ' You can decide that by considering three criteria. 1       Since how long have you been practicing meditation? Photo by  Patrick Schneider  on  Unsplash If you are practicing since long, you might already know that you need both type of practices, but if you are still confused, according to me, you should do unguided meditations more than guided meditations. The sole reason is that you have grown enough focus to be attentive during the entire session. But you can never learn enough in meditation, so trying different meditation through guided medita...

There are many ways you can meditate! Meditation apps and websites offer guided and unguided meditations . If you want to do unguided meditation, I would suggest you to just grab a timer a start! If you still are unsure how to meditate or start a habit of meditating daily, and make it a really interesting thing, go check out this blog. Here are the top 5 meditation apps that have dominated the market since long and are really helpful in every way! (I have not been sponsored by any of these brands. And these reviews are without any bias! So let's get to "Top 5 Meditation Apps in the market!" 1. Headspace (Free,Paid) Headspace is by far one of the biggest and best meditation app/website on the market right now. This is the app which led me into meditation, and probably thousands of others like me! However, you only get a ten-day basics course for free! But they can surprise you anytime by providing you with a month free! (I had been given a free month...

We delved a bit into the schools and ideologies of meditation in the previous blog, but there are so many techniques and practices that you would easily get overwhelmed! So here is the top 5 meditation techniques/types that I think are easy, interesting and also provide great benefits. If you have not yet read how to meditate for beginners , here's the link. So, here are "Top 5 Meditation Techniques that you NEED to Follow!" 1.Breathing Meditation This is one of the most basic and easy meditations to start with, but difficult to master. You start by taking a few deep breaths with open eyes and a soft focus, and then returning to normal breathing while you close your eyes. Calm your body and focus only on the breaths. Easier version requires you to count your breaths so that you don’t get distracted in thoughts. But only count till 10 and start again from 1. You may count inhale and exhale separately or both combined as one breath. As you progress, yo...

I have actually divided the topic into two blog posts, this being the first of the two contains a description of different schools of meditation and the second one consists of what I think are the top 5 meditation techniques that you should follow! This topic is probably the most diverse topic of all! There is a lot of confusion out there. Many people have asked me which type of meditation do you practice? I mean are they all really different! so, here are the 'types of meditatons' There are basically different ideologies about meditation. Indian tradition propagates different type of meditation techniques than budddhist monks. And now there is this morden meditation or something along those lines! Indian Meditation Techniques: Indian meditation focuses on the posture while meditating, the chants of aum, and the mudras. Mudras: There are mudras of hands, head, posture, and many other things!(I wont get into detail of every mudra and what does it do, because th...

Whether you are a newbie to meditation or have been trying meditation techniques, the blog will help you deepen your knowledge of meditation and also tell you some tricks, implementing which to your meditation practice, would increase the gains from meditation and also make the process more enjoyable! So, let's get to the core of the topic, that is 'Beginners Guide to Meditation' For People starting fresh: For the people who are starting really fresh on Meditation, I just want to tell you one thing, be consistent ! There are a few things as important as being consistent in meditation. If you find it hard to be consistent in your practice So how to meditate? Just sit down (or stand or sleep😊), close your eyes (just so that nobody can distract you), and observe ! Yes! You  did it. No need of timers, no need of postures, no gimmicky tools, no yoga mats, no nothing! Just you! This is the  essence of meditation. However, according to me, you should start...