Meditating is easy. Raja Yoga even has the name ‘Easy Raja Yoga’. But sometimes getting started needs a little explanation. Here is a simple five-step process to follow. Soon you’ll arrive at the quiet still place with just a single stride – a single thought – and you won’t even need to take five steps.
- Step 1 – Relaxation is about letting go of tension and stress and bringing the mind and body into a state of calm and peace …
- Step 2 – Concentration allows me to use my time productively, once I have relaxed: I focus on the thoughts I choose to have …
- Step 3 – Contemplation is reflecting deeply on myself, my inner world and my values …
- Step 4 – Realisation is when my understanding and feelings combine and I experience a more profound, more meaningful reality within …
- Step 5 – Meditation is focusing on a thought and remembering my eternal identity, and re-awakening a wonderful state of well-being …
Learn more about Raja Yoga meditation – what it is, why, how, where and when to do it, and the kind of people who are using it in their lives here
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