Meditation Tips for Those Who Cannot Meditate

One of the most important aspects of meditation is that it is something to be practiced. A person cannot learn a sport, musical instrument, or skill without regular practice; the same goes for meditation. If you’re having trouble with meditation, you need to practice with greater frequency and perseverance.

How to Meditate

When you sit on your yoga mat and dive into any of the practices that are currently called ‘meditation techniques’, you are actually engaging in Dharana: learning how to meditate. You are practising how to focus and still the mind and hold your attention in one spot or on one thing.

What is Meditation?

What is meditation? There are two distinct ideas in yoga that come together in contemporary yoga practice to form what we now define as meditation. One is dharana (concentration) and there other is dhyana (contemplation or meditation). Knowing the distinction between concentration and meditation is the key to understanding what meditation truly is.