Meditation

What is Meditation ?

Meditation is a form of holistic spiritual practice with a concentration process where reflexive thinking and attempting to go into a deeper state of relaxation is the main goal. It helps one to reflect upon their identity, resolve phobias, and sometimes reach enlightenment and find one's purposes in life.

Some types of meditative practices include yoga, mindfulness meditation, Tai Chi, Qi Gong, and Mantra meditation. Some of the benefits of meditation include the reduction of anxiety attacks, decrease in muscle tension, improvement in circulation, or increase in concentration.

   

Postures in Meditation

 The posture is very important in the practice of meditation with emphasizes on different parts of the body to get in touch with the mental mind. Many aspects of the body such as the spine, the hands, the eyes, one’s focus and gaze, and cross-legged sitting position is emphasized. The most famous basic position of meditation is the Lotus position.

The Body Postures

 The importance of the spine in meditation is to keep a straight back position in order to increase circulation and easiness of breath. This helps a person not to be distracted while meditating. There are different hands positions in meditation with different meanings that can help to affect the consciousness. In meditation, the eyes are usually always closed or half closed to help with concentration to free a person from the worldly distraction and lull a person into a state of oneness and unity with the self. Meditation does not require a person to be in a cross-legged position but it is usually found as a basic meditation position in many cultures.

Lotus Position

 The lotus position is a posture where a person sits crossed legged with the hands so that one symbolizes a lotus. This position is found often as a meditation pose in legendary religious figures such as Shiva, the god of Hinduism or Siddhartha Gautama, the founder of Buddhism.