Find Your Meditation Style

Sorting through meditation styles can be a lot like sifting through yoga-class schedules when you are a new practitioner. Here are 4 styles...

To begin:
Broadly defined, “mindfulness” refers to any practice in which you concentrate and try to remain aware of your experience moment to moment. That experience is anchored by an object (like the breath), a sensation (like walking), a sound, a visual, or more, and ultimately aims to cultivate mental stability. Some of the following styles of meditation relate to mindfulness, some take the practice further—to a deep level of inquiry—and some rely on different techniques like using an object or manipulating the breath to change your state of consciousness. Like mindfulness, some are rooted in Buddhist tradition, while others stem from a lineage of Hindu meditation practices.

If you are ready for enlightement
Try vipassana: This Sanskrit word essentially means “insight.” It refers 
to a variety of meditation techniques that help the practitioner access 
a deeper level of consciousness, see “reality,” and experience impermanence. In classical vipassana, a 2,500-year-old Buddhist tradition, you 
first focus on breath awareness. Insight may come naturally, once you’ve calmed the mind, or you can add advanced techniques that involve 
dissecting arguments and concepts, and using props.

If you want to practice at your desk
Try Dzogchen: This is a form of Tantric meditation that asks you to be aware of everything, meaning it is “object-less” or “nondual.” You practice with the eyes open and avoid labeling thoughts, feelings, or sensations.

If you need to find forgiveness
Try lovingkindness meditation: Popular in the West, this practice 
is similar to some Tibetan traditions around developing compassion, 
but is essentially a relatively new form of meditation. You repeat a mantra related to freedom from fear and suffering, shifting your intention to 
different people in your life and yourself.

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