Breathing Meditation

One can use breathing meditation alone or as a preliminary practice to reduce distraction before commencing meditating. This will help to make the mind clearer and more lucid.

Breathing meditation is a simple yet effective technique to relax one’s mind and body. In the long run, it will change your relationship with your thoughts, which can help you see the true nature of your mind through emotional regulation.

While you are meditating, you will learn to let go of distractions, which will also help in emotional regulation. Letting go of distractions also means that you are able to release certain patterns of thoughts that fuel negative feelings like, anger, anxiety, depression etc.

Breathing meditation is powerful and works at the physical, mental, emotional and spiritual levels. Let’s look at the physical and emotional benefits of breathing meditation:

Physical benefits

Emotional benefits

Breathing meditation is one of the basic steps for other types of meditation techniques. Here is how you can practice:

The process of breathing meditation will increase the supply of oxygen in our lungs, which will make one feel more refreshed, energetic and alert within 10 minutes of the practice. Doing the right breathing method can help to cure infections like cough and colds.

If you find it difficult to focus while meditating, you can try using a meditation CD. However, do ensure that you do not get distracted. The ultimate goal is to be focused, while relaxing.

With daily practice, one will experience a sense of inner peace. The mind will be cleared of cluttered thoughts and feel more spacious. Focusing on one’s breath can help to block out incessant flow of distracting thoughts to the mind and bring out a sense of contentment.

Although breathing meditation is the basis of many other meditation techniques, it is advisable to learn it first if you are a beginner, as it is simple yet effective. Once you have grasped the mechanics of breathing meditation, you will be able to practice the others at ease!