meditation practices
Focused awareness exercises
Meditation practices are techniques for training attention, awareness, or mental clarity.
The phrase encompasses a range of methods—from focused breathing and mantra repetition to mindfulness and visualization.
Some practices aim at relaxation, others at spiritual insight or emotional regulation.
She incorporated various meditation practices into her morning routine.
The plural acknowledges that meditation isn't a single activity but a family of related disciplines drawn from Buddhist, Hindu, secular, and other traditions.
- body scanComplete physical examination
- breath awarenessConscious attention to respiration
- breathworkTherapeutic breathing exercises
- loving-kindnessBenevolent, tender affection
- awarenessState of perceiving reality
mindfulness · present moment · mental imagery · yoga therapy · stress management · visualization · qigong · yoga · tai chi · mindful eating · zazen · silent retreat · mantra · centering · mystical contemplation · grounding · deep relaxation · lotus
- BuddhismBuddha, dharma wheel, Four Noble Truths, nirvana, dharma
- spiritual practicesprayer, contemplative prayer, silent prayer, mindfulness, devotional reading
- Buddhist HistoryBuddha, Mahayana, Theravada, councils, stupas
- Bon
- Pali CanonAbhidhamma Pitaka, Vinaya
- SyncretismSanteria, Vodou, folk religion
meditation practicesdistraction
Thing diverting one's attention
mind-wandering · rumination · daydreaming · zoning out · dissociation
meditation practicesrumination
Prolonged, repetitive thinking
distraction · mind-wandering · worry · catastrophizing · brooding
meditation practiceshustle culture
Celebrating relentless career ambition
hyperactivity · workaholism · sensory overload · thrill-seeking · adrenaline sports