Aside from EE, there are a few ways to meditate.
Meditating 'with seed' is recommended, meaning repeating a mantra in one's mind, usually in time with the breath. It's a practice of concentration, not 'emptying the mind'. One concentrates on the seed or mantra, and practices
returning to the mantra when other thoughts try to take over and the mind starts to wander.
For a while I was meditating with the Prayer of the Soul by mentally imagining the letters written in gold handwriting in my mind's eye, 33 times. It's actually pretty hard to visualize the entire prayer from start to finish in this way without interruptions. It's great practice for mental blocking of intrusive thoughts.
There was a discussion on meditation technique in this session from 2015, suggesting that the Prayer of the Soul isn't always the best 'seed' for meditation.
So one can create a personal mantra, based on life issues, then repeat it in one's head in time with the breath. I like doing it as a form of walking meditation is good, too, or while riding my bike, using the body's energy as an amplifier.
Then there's Laura's guided meditations:
And also grounding meditation, mentioned by Zar:
I'm currently taking an intuitive medicine course(am a quarter of the way through) and one thing that I keep noticing is how powerful grounding is for daily life. And it's something that not many people know or use.
The very first thing we are taught is to ground properly and frequently, and the more I practice it the more I notice how stabilizing it is. So I thought I would share some of the information and see what ya'll think or have experienced.
Before I start I'll mention that all of this information can be found in Francesca McCartney's book "
Body of health". I won't be...