Meditation is a form of awareness or awareness of situations or facts. It is associated with mindfulness, concentration and inner peace. There are many different forms of meditation. In general, meditation refers to calming the mind, promoting inner clarity, and creating a deeper connection with yourself. During meditation, you often focus on a particular thought, an object, the breath, or simply the awareness of the present moment. The regular practice of meditation can provide a variety of benefits, including stress relief, improved concentration, emotional balance, and spiritual growth.

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Types of meditation and the various meditation objects

There are many different types of meditation, including mantra meditation, singing bowl meditation, silent meditation or breathing meditation. Each of these types of meditation has one thing in common — namely the meditation object. This can be your own breath during breathing meditation, a chosen mantra during mantra meditation, or the sound instruments during singing bowl meditation. In meditation, you focus your complete attention and all thoughts and mind completely on the object of meditation. It helps to completely block out the environment. Every time your mind wanders while you are meditating, the meditation object is exactly the auxiliary object that enables you to quickly return to the here and now and to your meditation.

Breathing meditation is particularly suitable for beginners. No equipment is required and you can get started right away.

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mindfulness meditation

In mindfulness meditation, your meditation objects are your feelings, thoughts, and/or body sensations. At any given moment, you recognize areas of your body that feel good, but also which feel less good.

In your head, the thought carousel never stops working. With mindfulness meditation, you focus your attention on the meditation object and your mind experiences a moment of deep peace and you give your never-interrupting thoughts a break in the here and now. You don't need to meditate for hours on end to achieve this. Just 5 minutes a day are enough to fill your body and soul with zest for life and gratitude with conscious mindfulness.

You'll notice that different feelings will move on and fears will become less and less over time.

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Relieve chronic pain

Ideally, meditation will become one of your good and sustainable habits. Because if you meditate regularly, it can even help you change your negative body sensations.

Most people try to analyse their pain in detail and then ignore it. However, mindfulness meditation goes the exact other way. When meditating, you consciously direct all your feelings to your pain in order to then accept it, look at it neutrally and reconcile it with what you have experienced. Meditating can even help you reduce your level of suffering.

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Meditation as a personal break

When you feel stressed, drained, overwhelmed or anxious — meditation teaches you how to deal better with every situation or situation and stress. Think of it as your personal break and a moment of relaxation and mindfulness! It's best to take the time to find your way back to yourself and the here and now once a day.

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