Meditation for Beginners Quotes

“Relieve Stress It has been proven that meditation can lower the levels of cortisol, one of the major stress hormones. As little as 5 to 10 minutes of meditation per day, it can alleviate symptoms like tension, anxiety, and even depression. Meditation can also counter excess adrenalin and norepinephrine, hormones known to produce our “fight or flight response”, and which are also associated with stress. This, again, was proven scientifically by Herbert Benson, MD.”
― Sonali Perera, Meditation for Beginners

“passing current that does not affect you.  When a thought arises, a careful approach would be to simply “watch” the thought without judging it. When one becomes adept in mindfulness meditation, thoughts and feelings tend to seem like patterns, and this leads to the awareness of how such patterns can be eliminated and how balance can be achieved.   TIP: Mindfulness meditation can be practiced alongside concentration meditation, and there is no rule of thumb that one should be practiced without the other. However, there are certain schools of meditation that like to adhere to one particular form, while others practice a fusion of various techniques. Choosing one of the other is thus not essential.   Other Types of Meditation   While Concentration/Zen Meditation and Mindfulness Meditation are the most common forms practiced today, there are other sub-types of meditation that can encompass their core techniques.    A sub-form of Concentration Meditation, such as, is Mantra Meditation. A mantra is a sound, sentence, or a series of words with a positive resonance to them, which”
― Sonali Perera, Meditation for Beginners

“Types of Meditation   While there are myriad of meditation techniques out there, there are two basic types of meditation that we are most associated with today: Concentration Meditation and Mindfulness Meditation.   Concentration or “Zen” Meditation involves the technique of focusing your awareness on a single point while letting go of all other thoughts. This can be achieved by focusing on an real object or the breath itself. It is a form of meditation that can also be induced through chanting a mantra (= a repetitive tone or phrase), or by counting beads on a rosary. Concentration Meditation is usually difficult for beginners as it requires patience to get used to concentrating without having the mind wander off. This is why it is best to start practicing this form only a few minutes a day without overdoing it, then build up in duration as you go.   Mindfulness Meditation on the other hand isn’t about letting go of thoughts, but rather observing them. Observing a thought requires that you do not connect or identify with that thought as your own, but rather as a”
― Sonali Perera, Meditation for Beginners