Meditation Techniques

Various meditation practices from breathing exercises to walking techniques are covered here. Articles explain traditional methods like Transcendental and Vipassana alongside modern approaches.

Active or Dynamic Meditation

Active meditation uses intense physical movement to clear your mind instead of sitting still, a method developed by Indian teacher Osho.

Autogenic Training

Autogenic training is a relaxation technique that helps you control your stress response and calm your mind without special equipment or spiritual beliefs.

Basic Breathing Meditation

A simple way to start meditating by focusing on your breath to calm your mind and improve your health.

Body Scan Meditation

A simple meditation technique where you slowly focus on different parts of your body to build awareness and strengthen your mind-body connection.

Considerations When Meditating with Children

Help your child build a meditation habit by letting them learn at their own pace without forcing positions or beliefs.

Eating Meditations

You can practice meditation while eating by slowing down and paying close attention to your food's sensations and qualities.

Human Anatomy from the Taoist Perspective

Taoist anatomy uses energy channels and specific body points to transform your body through meditation and breathing techniques.

Instant Calming Sequence

Use Dr. Cooper's six-step method to calm yourself quickly when stress hits hard and meditation isn't fast enough.

Instant Meditation for the Time Starved

Get the mental clarity benefits of meditation in minutes, no special poses or chanting required.

Journey Meditation

Use journey meditation to visualise yourself in a calm place and shift your mind toward more positive thinking throughout the day.

Love and Kindness Meditation

A Buddhist meditation practise that cultivates unconditional compassion for all beings to reduce stress and strengthen emotional balance.

Master Han's Central Channel Meditation

A simple Taoist meditation method to feel energy flow through your body, and what you should know before starting.

Meditating to Improve Creativity

How meditation helps artists and writers tap into deeper creativity by calming the mind and opening up to inspiration.

Meditation and Creative Visualisation

Use meditation and creative visualisation to shift your thinking and build confidence without expensive courses or special tools.

Microcosmic Orbit Meditation

A Taoist meditation practise that guides energy through your body's vital centres to reconnect you with natural cosmic and elemental forces.

Mindfulness (Vipassana)

Vipassana is a Buddhist meditation practise that uses mindfulness and insight to understand suffering and your place in the world.

Object Meditation

Meditate on an everyday object to experience the deep connection between yourself and the world around you.

Quiz: Are You Breathing Correctly During Meditation?

Check if your breathing technique during meditation is actually helping you relax or holding you back.

T'ai Chi and Chi Kung

Two Chinese movement practices, T'ai Chi and Chi Kung, use slow, flowing motions to relax the body and balance your energy.

Taoist Meditation Methods

Taoist meditation combines breathing techniques with channelling your body's energy to unite opposing forces and connect with nature's life force.

The Benefits of Reiki for Natural Healing

Reiki is a Japanese healing practise that reduces stress, relieves pain, and supports your body's natural ability to heal itself.

The Dos and Don'ts of Meditation

Get practical guidance on setting up a meditation practice that actually works, with simple dos and don'ts for beginners and experienced meditators.

Transcendental Meditation

How Transcendental Meditation works, from its origins with Maharishi Mahesh Yogi to what practitioners actually do during training.

Using Meditation to Gain the Instant Calming Sequence

How to use a six-step calming sequence to handle stress in the moment when regular meditation isn't fast enough.

Walking Meditation

Walking meditation builds mindfulness through movement by focusing on the physical sensation of each step rather than sitting still.

What Is Smudging?

Smudging is a ritual of burning herbs like sage and cedar to cleanse spaces and people of negative energy, used across many spiritual traditions.

Zazen

Zazen is a seated meditation practise that clears your mind and helps you live fully in the present moment through specific sitting positions.