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Meditation Techniques
Meditation Courses
Singapore
What is Meditation? What
are the Meditation techniques for beginners? Should I
join Meditation classes in Singapore or do it at home?
These are the common questions people ask and 'google'.
We have listed below a few
Meditation Techniques for beginners to try at home, as well
as the 'benefits of meditation'. Why I put inverted
commas? Is that we shouldn't be seeking for the results or
expecting benefits for whatever we do, the more the
expectations, the more the disappointments. Just go with the
flow. Before that, here
is an article written by one of our
200Hr Yoga Teacher
Training graduate, after her experience with one meditation
practice.
"Meditation is very hard to
explain, it’s like trying to explain a color to a blind
person. We try to empty our mind and try very hard not to
think about anything but we still have little voices
chitchatting in the back of our head, “am I not thinking
anymore? am I doing the right thing” and so on. It’s very
hard to still our mind. To understand the process of
meditation, the best way is to experience it. That’s what we
did. I will try to relate my own experience as best as I can
but it will always be very different for another person.
We were a group of 10 people, together in one room. Although
it was daytime, the room was pretty dark, as we had closed
the windows and the shutters to cut us off from the noises
and distractions of the outside world. Our yogi master asked
us to talk nonsense for 30 minutes straight. We could move
around, stand, walk, sit, lie down, cry, laugh, shout or do
anything we felt like to but we had to talk complete
nonsense, no sentences had to be formed, a bit like little
kids playing baby talk. We were asked to do that so our mind
would stop thinking, our feelings, tensions and everything
else from our unconsciousness would come out without us
thinking about it. After 30 minutes of talking like that, it
seems like the mind becomes numb.
At the beginning I couldn’t stop myself from thinking. I was
thinking about what nonsense word I was going to say, was I
going to stand, talk loud or soft, but after a while my mind
got use to it and a nonsense pattern came in and I wasn’t
thinking anymore. I decided to remain sitting. My mouth was
moving automatically and sounds were just coming out. I had
to close my eyes to stay focus. I couldn’t look at other
people or it would have distracted me. At first I felt a bit
shy because other people were around me but very soon I
didn’t care. I was even carried further by this mumbling
noise from everybody else talking. I felt a bit tired, like
if I was doing a physical exercise. When the 30 minutes
ended, we had to stop talking, sit in padmasana for 15
minutes, both hands on top of the knees in chin mudra, our
eyes closed and observed. I felt very strange, a bit like
after running for a very long time but without the physical
tiredness. My mind was still, I had no thoughts. I was
visualizing blue waves in my head, like a slow tide coming
in, like a brush painting inside my eyelid. It was very
calming and soothing. Then we had to lie down in savasana
for 15 more minutes. After a few minutes I couldn’t feel my
body anymore, it was like it had disappeared. I was floating
in a soft place, feeling very relaxed, so relaxed it was
like sleeping, still conscious though of where I was but
very detached. Nothing was bothering me nor distracting me.
I was just lying. Our yogi Master woke us up with chanting a
“om” and we all sat up. There was a very strange feeling in
the room, we were all very calm, relaxed and connected. I
felt like we had shared something, we had united somewhere
during the meditation."
Meditation Techniques for
Beginners:
Prior to the start of the
practice, prepare the room in such a way whereby there is
minimal distractions. For example, mobile phones off, radio off,
TV off, dim the room, not too much of ventilation, not too cold
or hot etc.
Sit in a comfortable position.
Close your eyes gently. Inhale through the nose slowly and
deeply without forcing. Pause for a while. Then exhale through
the mouth, saying 'AAHHHHHH' slowly.
Continue this inhale and exhale
exercise for at least 15 min. Do it slowly and steadily, in a
relaxed manner. No tension. Enjoy the process.
Benefits of Meditation:
I've decided not to put it
down. It is better that you experience it yourself. Gotcha!
Having problems? Check out our
Meditation Courses
Singapore
For any
enquiries on Meditation techniques, please email us at
info@tirisulayoga.com
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