Health and Fitness

Meditation is being practiced from years. It is considered an ancient practice. It is basically focusing the mind on a particular thing or a particular thought. The main objective of meditation is to achieve mental clarity, and to become emotionally calm and stable. It has been practiced in numerous religions. This yogic practice had came from Hindu traditions of Vedantism.  Meditation may be used to reduce stress, depression, pain and increasing peace. Classifications In West, it is broadly categorized: focused meditation and open monitoring meditation. Focused methods indulges giving attention to breathing,or to mantra and single point meditation. Open monitoring methods include mindfulness, shikantanza and awareness states. Transcendental meditation is a kind of no thought meditation, where a practitioner is fully alert of his surrounding, and has control over it's faculties, without any wasteful thought. Posture  There are many of the asanas to perfor...