Can You Meditate on Your Own?

As a Christian, I meditate on the word of God for it is how He talks with me and pray and commune with Him in a very personal way. That is my way of meditation and I have no problem doing it. I have no idea about the meditation being done by other beliefs though.

I meditate regularly. I have so much peace after I started it. I do it my own way.. there is no right or wrong way.. as long as it brings you peace. I meditate on a scripture from the Bible..and it helps.

I think I was in the same position as you, and I took a course about Zen/Chan/Buddhism meditation a few months ago. It really helped me to understand how to meditate. I think there might be different types of meditations, but we use a cushion to sit on, not fully but only partly (less than half), and trying to get our knees touching the ground (we put another thin layer cushion on the floor, so our knees are actually touching this cushion). I think this sitting method is important to me, as it helps me to sit longer, and my back seems to be straighter. I can just feel the whole body is straight and upright with this sitting position. Sometimes when I don't have these cushions purposely made for Chan meditation, I just get a pillow or cushion, fold it into half, and sit partly on it. It works the same for me too. Then, it started with relaxing our body, watching our breath, and sometimes using the "breath counting" method to keep us focus. I will try to look for the information online if I can find any. The one I am reading is Chinese, I'll see if I can find English version. Hopefully it'll help you to understand better. I also do another type of meditation, guided meditation, which I learned from another mothering group. I play the guided meditation audio, then someone is guiding me what to do (to relax, to imagine) with some background music. This guided meditation works for me too. I have heard a lot about this - Oprah & Deepak meditation experience, but I haven't really learn about it yet. They are always having 21 day meditation experience for free, you can check out the website at I think Dr Wayne has some information about meditation in his blog too, you can also check them out. I have always been wanting to practice meditation because I know it really helps me, but I always finding excuses as I don't have time for it. In September, I am planning to practice 3 times 10-minute meditation every day (it's actually an "assignment" from the mothering group I mentioned). I still haven't build it a habit, sometimes I do 3 times, but sometimes only 2. At least, I am moving to there... I wish I can share more, as I am learning and practicing meditation lately. Hope you'll find the way that can fit into your life. I think different people may find different method that suit them, some people find doing yoga is good. I like yoga too.

I have not tried meditating in many many years. I remember when I was a young girl seeing some girls do it at the bowling alley where I bowled in a youth league. I thought it was neat and started doing it at home in the privacy of my bedroom. It was very relaxing but it isn't something I would bother to do now. I had a lot more time back then and feel like I wouldn't want to waste any time on meditating when I could be doing something else.

I tried doing that exactly by watching a couple of videos. And if they dont kill me for this - I fell asleep I realized that this is a better way to gain on some sleep (as I have very disturbed sleep patterns), so did try during night and that time nothing happened Maybe they need me to sleep early morning... and I do that already Conclusion: "Somethings are better left undiscovered"... Tomb Raider

I already noticed that you were meditating a lot before suggesting a discussion. I pray, but I don't know how to meditate. I would be interested to take a class to try, as I have some serious subjects of meditation waiting. I give you one.

I haven't done much meditating in while. But with my girls in preschool, I may have a little more time, so I'd like to try and do more. But I'm not sure how it's going to work out. I sometimes procrastinate with doing some things. I'll definitely try.

I have never done it or try to do it. I am not good with concentration. I get distracted easily. Some of my friends do it and they say it eases their stress. And I'm like, really? LOL! I don't even pray inside my head, I say my prayers out loud together with my children but I do it wholeheartedly.

Walking Meditation is what I am doing before :)

i prolly don't meditate 's some folks do. i jest get absorbed into nature. jest sittin' watchin' the leaves gently blow calms me down 'n takes me to my 'happy place'. whilst all those places ya write'f prolly got great ideas, i think its more'f a personal journey. one which can't be described 'n adopted by all.