Meditation & Mindfulness

Practices for cultivating awareness, focus, and inner peace.

22 terms

A family of attention-training practices — including breath awareness, mantra repetition, body scanning, visualization, ...

A form of meditation led by a teacher or recording, using verbal instructions to direct attention, visualization, and re...

A sacred word, sound, or phrase repeated during meditation or spiritual practice.

An ancient Buddhist meditation technique meaning "clear seeing" or "insight," involving systematic observation of bodily...

A mantra-based meditation technique involving the silent repetition of a personally assigned sound for 20 minutes twice ...

A range of conscious breathing techniques used to alter physical, mental, and emotional states, from calming practices l...

The yogic science of breath regulation, comprising specific techniques for controlling the flow of prana through rhythmi...

A mindfulness practice that brings full conscious awareness to the act of walking, turning ordinary movement into a medi...

A school of Mahayana Buddhism emphasizing meditation and intuition over theoretical knowledge.

A meditation practice that cultivates unconditional goodwill by silently directing wishes of happiness, health, and peac...

A mindfulness practice of systematically directing attention through each part of the body, noticing sensations without ...

Mindfulness is the practice of sustained, non-judgemental attention to present-moment experience — thoughts, sensations,...

A meditation technique using the mind's ability to create detailed mental images, employed for goal manifestation, heali...

A spiritual and physical practice originating in ancient India, aimed at uniting body, mind, and spirit.

Grounding: a practice of returning attention to the body, the senses, and the immediate physical environment in order to...

Mindful breathing is the practice of directing sustained attention to the natural breath — its rhythm, sensation, and mo...

Mantra meditation is a concentration-based practice in which a word, syllable, or phrase is repeated — silently or aloud...

Om Chanting is the vocal or mental repetition of the syllable 'Om' (also written 'Aum') as a meditative practice. Rooted...

Chakra meditation is a practice drawn from yogic tradition that works through the body's seven main energy centers — roo...

A sound bath is a passive listening session where participants lie still while a practitioner plays crystal or Tibetan s...

A silent retreat is a structured period — typically two to ten days — during which participants refrain from speaking, r...

Mindful Eating is the practice of bringing deliberate, non-judgmental attention to the full sensory experience of eating...