Exercises for Meditation
These are a variety of exercises you can try on your own. You may find that some exercises work better for you than others. In meditation it is not necessary to keep practising many different exercises. However in the beginning it is good to try different exercises and discover which help to quieten the mind.
- Relaxation Exercise – A good preliminary to meditation
- Breathing Exercises – 5 different breathing exercises for meditation
- Breathing in Meditation – Breathing exercise using heart centre
- An Easy to Learn Concentration Exercise
- Exercises in Concentration – 5 different exercises to improve concentration
- Concentration Exercise – using flower for concentration
- Exercises using Mantra (Mantra is repeating a sacred word many times to purify and concentrate the mind)
- Visualisation Exercise – Visualisation exercise using a “heart rose”
Guided Meditation Exercises at Radio Sri Chinmoy
- Relaxation exercises and exercise concentrating on the spiritual heart
- Guided meditation – A simple breathing exercises recorded by Kishore Cunningham of Melbourne
Meditation Mantras
- Listen to these Meditation mantras at Radio Sri Chinmoy recorded by British group Ananda
More Help With Meditation (external links)
- Basic steps for learning meditation
- Improving Your Meditation
- How To Maintain a Lasting Meditation Routine
- Practical Tips to Improving Concentration
- How To Gain Control of Your Thoughts