Meditation benefits are abundant and are proven to be helpful with a range of modern-day health challenges like chronic pain, stress, high blood pressure, cravings and addiction, spiritual awakenings, and many more.

Eight effective medication styles include Mindful Meditation, Loving-Kindness Meditation, Charakakra Meditation, Mantra Meditation, Movement Meditation, Vipassana Meditation, and Self-Enquiry Meditation.

Mindful Meditation: 

• Is the process of being fully present with your thoughts.

• Most will practise in a quiet space, with their eyes closed and their focus on their breathing.

• Have to be present and observe any thoughts or emotions that you may feel at the time, but make sure they pass without judgement.

Benefits:

• Improve your mood

• Relieve stress

• Reduce anxiety

• Increase focus

• Improve cognition

• Reduce tobacco cravings

• Improve your pain response

• Control high blood pressure

• Improve heart health

• Reduce inflammation

Tip:

Many different podcasts and self-guided meditation apps can help guide you through your Mindful Meditation session if you prefer this option.

Podcast/ Meditating  Apps:

• Calm

• Mindfulness Daily

• Headspace

• The One Mind Podcast.

• The Mindful Minute Podcast.

• I  Should be Mediating Podcast.

• Untangled Podcast.

• The Daily Meditating Podcast.

Loving -Kindness Meditation:   

•  Is the practice of directing well-wishes towards others by reciting specific words or phrases to evoke warm-hearted feelings.

•  Is typically practised while sitting in a comfortable seated position.

• After a period of directing this loving-kindness towards yourself, you may begin to direct it towards a family member or a friend who has helped you.

Benefits:

• Promotes self-compassion

• Decreases stress and anxiety

• Reduces physical pain

• Improves longevity

• Enhances social connections

Chakra Meditation:

• Chakra is an ancient Sanskrit word that translates to “wheel” and can be traced back to India.

• There is thought to be seven chakras in the world.

• Each Charaka is located at a different part of the body and has a corresponding colour.

• Chakra Meditation is made up of relaxation techniques focused on bringing balance and well-being to the chakras.

• Techniques include visually picturing each chakra on the body in its corresponding colours.

• People may choose light incense or use crystals, colour coded for each charka to help them during the meditation.

Benefits:

• To develop incredible willpower

• The ability to transform a negative into a positive

• More remarkable ability to heal yourself

• Increase in self-worth

• Become more initiative

Mantra Meditation:

• Mantra Meditation is prominent in Hindu and Buddhist traditions.

• This meditation uses a repetitive sound to clear the mind.

• It can be a word, phrase, or sound, such as the famous “OM”.

• It doesn’t matter if the mantra is spoken loudly or quietly.

• After chanting the mantra for some time, you will be more alert and in tune with your environment.

• This allows you to experience more profound levels of awareness.

• Some people enjoy mantra meditation because they find it easier to focus on a word than on their breath.

• This is also good practice for people who do not like silence and enjoy repetition.

Benefits:

• Spiritual wellness

• A deeper connection with unconsciousness

• Better state of mind

• A calmer self

Movement Meditation:

• Movement Meditation includes walking through the woods, gardening, swimming, walking along the beach, and any other gentle forms of motion.

• Is an active form of meditation where movement guides you.

• Movement meditation is suitable for people who find peace in action and prefer to let their minds wander.

Benefits:

• Gets your blood circulating

• Can easily be added to your everyday routine

• Allows you to remember that Earth sustains us and helps us develop gratitude towards it

Tip:

While you are doing your Movement Meditation, you can:

• Listen to audiobooks

• Listen to music

• Listen to a guided meditation class

• Practice your breathing exercises

Progressive Relaxation Meditation:

• The Progressive Relaxation Meditation style, also known as body scan, is aimed at reducing tension in the body and promoting relaxation.

•  Involves slowly tightening and relaxing one muscle group at a time throughout the whole body.

• Focus attention first on the forehead, jaw, neck and shoulders,  arms and hands, legs and feet.

•  Encourages you to reimage a gentle wave through your body to help reduce any tension.

•  Is often used to relieve stress and unwind before bed.

Benefits:

• Improves sleep

• Anxiety and stress relief

• Greater self-awareness

• Increase self-compassion

• Reduce pain levels in chronic pain patients

• Reduce cravings when trying to quit smoking

Vipassana Meditation:

•  Is a tradition from Tibetan Buddhism that translates to “Insight” in the English language.

• You practice being the watcher.

• The watcher is a non-judgemental person who is open and aware of their thoughts, sensations, and feelings that come and go through consciousness.

• Often placing this awareness on your breathing.

Benefits:

• Know yourself

• Quiet your mind

• Discipline the mind and improve your concentration

• Improve your physical health

Self-Enquiry Meditation:

• Self Enquiry Meditation can help you leave a state of constant anxiety about who you are,  what you should be doing, or what lies ahead.

• Offers mindfulness-based stress reduction by shifting your attention to the very fact you exist and allowing your focus to rest right there in the present moment.

Benefits:

• Let’s see past our delusional view of ourselves and relies on the fact that we are just pure energy.

• Sets you free of the many pressures and strains of life.

• Allows room to rebuild your life the way you want to.