About Meditation

Simply said meditation can be a lifeline. When we feel overwhelmed, exhausted, confused, depleted or just need to recharge and center it is a wonderful support. There is a great hype about meditation and discussion about the right ways to do it and superiority of the techniques. Having practiced and experienced many forms of meditation, I think all meditation is good and it can be very simple and it is easy to learn. It is about the preference and the depth of practice. Even a form of intended presence, being in the here and now is a form of meditation (so yes, we can wash dishes and meditate). Yoga can be a meditation when it is linked with breath and attention. Mindfulness practice is quite easy to learn and is used in many medical centers in North America. Then there are more challenging forms of meditation where a qualified teacher is required and it takes practice and patience to learn the technique, such as Transcendental Meditation and Vipassana. I think all meditation can be helpful, based on our disposition, appeal and if we incorporate the practice into our life.