Meditating on Breath

Breath is a powerful thing.. It gives us life, it energises our bodies and is one of the key components of life.. This is why breath is so effective in meditation.. After reading many books and personal teachings on the techniques of meditations, one of the most simple yet powerful meditations is on breath. Below is detailed on how to perform breath meditation..

Meditating on Breath - Buddhist Sculpture, Thailand

Meditating on Breath Steps -

1)  Meditating on BreathFind a comfortable spot to sit upright for at least 40 minutes, preferably where your back is straight.

2) Meditating on Breath -  Take a few deep relaxing natural breaths and unwind from the day.

3) Meditating on Breath – Now slowly start to listen to your breath, be careful not to control it, just let it do it’s natural rhyth.

4) Meditating on Breath – When meditating on your breath let thoughts come but do not pay attention to them them, let them go by until you are in a nice peaceful meditative trance…

5) Meditating on Breath – Enjoy the Meditation..

Out of all the meditation techniques I have tried in my life this definitely has to be my overall favourite for relaxing and creating a nice inner meditative state.. I hope you like it as well.. Let me know how this meditation goes for you..?

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2 Responses to Meditating on Breath
  1. nakshathra
    January 10, 2009 | 7:08 pm

    Hi..sounds interesting….i used to do transcendental meditation…its almost the same…But we will be using a “mantra ” which is a word to get back our concentration from rest of the thoughts….

  2. Timon Weller
    January 11, 2009 | 3:17 am

    Yeah, I like Mantra’s. I will be going into details about them later on the blog..

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