Breathing is central to every aspect of meditation training. It's a wonderful place to focus in training the mind to be calm and concentrated.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Conscious breath control is a useful tool for achieving a relaxed, clear state of mind.
Meditation is a vital practice to access conscious contact with your highest self.
To meditate is to familiarise our mind constantly and thoroughly with a virtuous object.
Meditation is to be aware of every thought and of every feeling, never to say it is right or wrong, but just to watch it and move with it. In that watching, you begin to understand the whole movement of thought and feeling. And out of this awareness comes silence.
I do a little bit of yoga-style meditation. Relaxing and breathing even just one minute a day makes a big difference.
Meditation is all about the pursuit of nothingness. It's like the ultimate rest. It's better than the best sleep you've ever had. It's a quieting of the mind. It sharpens everything, especially your appreciation of your surroundings. It keeps life fresh.
To me, meditation is simply silencing or focusing the mind.
Mindfulness is often spoken of as the heart of Buddhist meditation. It's not about Buddhism, but about paying attention. That's what all meditation is, no matter what tradition or particular technique is used.
Meditation is the life of the soul: Action, the soul of meditation; and honor the reward of action.
Remember that breath walking - as with any meditation technique - should not be pursued with a grim determination to 'get it right.' The point is to cultivate openness, relaxation and awareness, which can include awareness of your undisciplined, wandering mind.