DIFFERNT SCHOOLS OF MEDITATION

MEDITATION AS MEDICINE (taught by Dharma Singh Khalsa)

• BREATH MEDITATION
• MANTRA OR SOUND MEDITATION
• METTA MEDITATION 

MANDALA/VISUAL MEDITATION

• MOVEMENT MEDITATION (including Hatha Yoga, Tái Chi, Qi Gong)
• CLASSIC ZEN BUDDHIST MEDITATION
• CLASSIC YOGA MEDITATION
• MEDITATION FROM OTHER CULTURES (including Chinese, Native American, Jewish meditation)
• NEW AGE MEDITATION
• PRAYER
• MINDFULNESS MEDITATION
• MEDICAL MEDITATION
• GUIDED IMAGERY
• CREATIVE VISUALIZATION
• CREATIVITY MEDITATION (OR ART AS MEDITATON - WRITING, DROWING, SCULPTING, ETC)

LAUGHING MEDITATION

A form of meditation based on laughter. Groups of people gather together in parks and common areas and laugh together making funny faces, movements, stretching, jumping and bouncing around. Some says that when you wake up in the morning first thing you should do is to laugh for at least 5 minutes. And even though the laughter may be forced at first, it will soon become very genuine. Laughter gives us a healing boost also!

Smiling exercises our facial muscles, as well as the muscles in our chest, shoulders and stomach whenever we shake with laughter! It dissipates any tension that has built up there. This has a calming effect on the entire nervous system and releases 'feel-good' endorphins, helping the lungs generate more oxygen which tunes up our cardiovascular system. Laughter also cuts down the levels of a stress hormone called cortisol, produced by the adrenal glands, and increases the levels of lymphocytes into the blood stream, which fight infections! It also lowers blood pressure by raising the levels of immunoglobulin A, an antibody that defends the body from viruses and bacteria!