Meditation, according to an Internet search, is "the most precious technique in yoga and the way to achieve samadhi. The ultimate goal of all true and correct yoga meditation techniques is to guide people to liberation." The realm of yoga. Practitioners use yoga meditation to subdue the mind and transcend material desires. The true meaning of yoga meditation is to transcend material desires. , the spirit is completely focused on the original beginning."

Modern people have separated meditation from yoga and become a self-cultivation method that can achieve insight. Therefore, many different sayings and practice methods have been derived, such as: mindfulness meditation, Huangting meditation, etc., to name a few.

Authentic yoga meditation has strict requirements for breathing. The so-called meditation is to adjust the breath. However, most people still have some difficulty in actively adjusting their breathing, and breath adjustment is really an indescribable method. I feel that it is not easy to practice meditation to a certain level.

Authentic meditation also emphasizes letting go. In order to receive the energy of the universe. This is also a process that is difficult to explain in words, so many practitioners are really confused because they really don’t know how to receive this energy.

Meditation is often accompanied by soothing music. Authentic meditation also has a simple syllable that can be hummed slowly to help you enter concentration. However, music often has no specific content. Some of the Alpha Brainwave music and the like in recent years, I personally think it is just a gimmick.

Mindfulness meditation actually uses meditation to deliver positive energy. Emphasis on emptying oneself, and then maintaining a positive state and engaging in practice. Breathing is also emphasized here, as well as thoughts. Of course, mindfulness meditation is different from other meditations, and the reason why it is easier to start practicing is because it has a guide, which is a long paragraph telling you to follow it, and then the voice prompts you how to sit or lie down, and how to do it. Relax your whole body, and guide you to comb silently from the top of your head to the soles of your feet, or maybe again from the soles of your feet to the top of your head, and then guide you to perform breathing exercises and so on. Because there are voice prompts, it is easier to follow, and of course there is no chance for random thoughts. Moreover, many current mindfulness meditations are not long, ranging from five to six minutes, and some are more than ten minutes. They are relatively easy to get started. After practicing a set, the feeling will indeed be different, so there are many people who believe in it. It should be said that most of them are in this category. Even some psychological group counseling will include such a period of mindfulness meditation. When there are many people and the atmosphere is strong, the feeling is indeed very unusual.

There is also the Huangting Zen practice promoted by Taiwanese body-mind and soul writer Teacher Zhang Defen. It is said to be Zen practice, but it is actually meditation.

Teacher Dofen’s meditation method is simpler because she emphasizes nature and the experience of being with your own various feelings at the moment. Especially in the introductory stage, it simply emphasizes relaxation and ease, and does not emphasize breath regulation.

I am practicing Teacher Defen’s Huangting Meditation very seriously. For about half an hour at a time, sit in a chair or cross-legged on a mat. Keep your spine straight and the rest of your body as relaxed as possible. Teacher Defen also had some introductory words, which he said slowly and very kindly.

In the initial stage, follow the relaxation and feel that every part of the body is not so tense. If you are not sure whether it is relaxed, you can consciously make that part tense and then loosen it, haha, Relaxation is that simple. After relaxing in this way for several times, different feelings will flow out from some parts of the body, such as itching, soreness, numbness, pain... all of these, but don't move, just take care of this part, "See “This feeling, with this feeling. At this time, you have to hold back. It's amazing. After a while, this feeling will slowly disappear by itself! Just look at the feeling here for a while, and stay with the feeling there for a while. Thirty minutes flow quickly like this, and then slowly move your hands and feet, stand up and walk around. I really felt very transparent at that moment! At this time, when reading, writing, or doing something that requires mental effort, simply don’t get too involved.

Ming means emptiness, and meditation means daydreaming. After the body and brain are emptied, the work efficiency is really very high. After practicing many times myself, I also guided my students to meditate for eight minutes every morning, and the effect was very good. The class after meditation was very efficient, and many children were more engaged and focused. improve.

Meditation, or Zen practice. This is a process of talking to yourself. In this process, you can see the discomfort in some parts of yourself, you can also completely relax the parts that you usually don't notice, and you can also let your thoughts run freely. without any restrictions. In fact, this is a process of letting yourself be in a daze consciously.

In this impetuous era, we have not had this opportunity for a long time to let ourselves do whatever we want, and meditation can let our souls and private messages fly. In this case, why not let ourselves relax?

Try it, it doesn’t hurt to try.