# Meditation

- [⚙️ Modular Meditation](https://guide.buddhistgeeks.org/meditation/modular-meditation.md): Our approach to meditation training is modular.
- [Several Ways to Meditate](https://guide.buddhistgeeks.org/meditation/ways.md): Learn about Concentration, Mindfulness, Heartfulness, Inquiry, Awareness, Embodiment, & Imaginal Meditation.
- [Concentration](https://guide.buddhistgeeks.org/meditation/ways/concentration.md): Concentration is the practice of bringing attention to a single point.
- [Teachings](https://guide.buddhistgeeks.org/meditation/ways/concentration/teachings.md)
- [Concentration is a Super Power](https://guide.buddhistgeeks.org/meditation/ways/concentration/teachings/concentration-is-a-super-power.md)
- [The Process of Purification](https://guide.buddhistgeeks.org/meditation/ways/concentration/teachings/the-process-of-purification.md)
- [The Phases of Concentration](https://guide.buddhistgeeks.org/meditation/ways/concentration/teachings/the-phases-of-concentration.md): The following phases represent the possible places that we may find ourselves while doing concentration practice.
- [Access Concentration](https://guide.buddhistgeeks.org/meditation/ways/concentration/teachings/access-concentration.md): Access concentration is achieved when the meditation object flips from being in the background to being in the foreground.
- [Deepening Concentration](https://guide.buddhistgeeks.org/meditation/ways/concentration/teachings/deepening-concentration.md)
- [Directing & Sustaining](https://guide.buddhistgeeks.org/meditation/ways/concentration/teachings/directing-and-sustaining.md)
- [On Selecting a Meditation Object](https://guide.buddhistgeeks.org/meditation/ways/concentration/teachings/on-selecting-a-meditation-object.md): There are many things that one can meditate on, thus there are many possible subjects of meditation. This is especially true when it comes to concentration meditation.
- [The Feedback Loop of Concentration](https://guide.buddhistgeeks.org/meditation/ways/concentration/teachings/the-feedback-loop-of-concentration.md): Directing -> Sustaining -> Wandering -> Remembering
- [Guided Meditations](https://guide.buddhistgeeks.org/meditation/ways/concentration/guided.md)
- [Discovering your Concentration Object](https://guide.buddhistgeeks.org/meditation/ways/concentration/guided/discovering-your-concentration-object.md): In this meditation we'll relax attention into the body, making space for our whole experience, and then use intuition to navigate toward an object of concentration.
- [Focus on Breath](https://guide.buddhistgeeks.org/meditation/ways/concentration/guided/focus-on-breath.md): The purpose of this meditation is to train attention and cultivate a stable mind.
- [Kasina Meditation](https://guide.buddhistgeeks.org/meditation/ways/concentration/guided/kasina-meditation.md): Instructions for practicing with colored disc/orbs, called "kasinas".  Includes files that you can use to meditate on, on either your computer or a smartphone.
- [Focus on Joy](https://guide.buddhistgeeks.org/meditation/ways/concentration/guided/focus-on-joy.md): The aim of this meditation is to incline your mind towards joy, while at the same time deepening in your concentration practice.
- [Focus on "1"](https://guide.buddhistgeeks.org/meditation/ways/concentration/guided/focus-on-one.md): The core mechanic of this practice is to use as our object of focus the number "1".
- [Focus on Walking](https://guide.buddhistgeeks.org/meditation/ways/concentration/guided/focus-on-walking.md): In this meditation we'll use the formal practice of walking meditation as an object of focus.
- [Focus on Dishes](https://guide.buddhistgeeks.org/meditation/ways/concentration/guided/focus-on-dishes.md): The aim of this meditation is to help you build consistency in your concentration practice.
- [Focus on Email](https://guide.buddhistgeeks.org/meditation/ways/concentration/guided/focus-on-email.md)
- [Mindfulness](https://guide.buddhistgeeks.org/meditation/ways/mindfulness.md): Mindfulness is the practice of noticing what you're sensing in real-time.
- [Teachings](https://guide.buddhistgeeks.org/meditation/ways/mindfulness/teachings.md)
- [The Six Senses](https://guide.buddhistgeeks.org/meditation/ways/mindfulness/teachings/the-six-senses.md): A Buddhist model of the basic phenomenon that make up our experience, including seeing, hearing, smelling, tasting, touching/feeling, & thinking.
- [The Four Categories of Experience](https://guide.buddhistgeeks.org/meditation/ways/mindfulness/teachings/four-categories-of-mindfulness.md): In this model we look at experience through the prism of body sensations, charge, mind states, & thoughts.
- [1) Body Sensations](https://guide.buddhistgeeks.org/meditation/ways/mindfulness/teachings/four-categories-of-mindfulness/1-body-sensations.md): Learn to notice the first category of mindfulness, body sensations.
- [2) Charge](https://guide.buddhistgeeks.org/meditation/ways/mindfulness/teachings/four-categories-of-mindfulness/2-charge.md): Learn to identify the pleasant, unpleasant, and/or neutral charge associated with body sensations.
- [3) Mind States](https://guide.buddhistgeeks.org/meditation/ways/mindfulness/teachings/four-categories-of-mindfulness/3-mind-states.md): Learn to notice what's included in the 3rd category of mindfulness, mind states.
- [4) Thoughts](https://guide.buddhistgeeks.org/meditation/ways/mindfulness/teachings/four-categories-of-mindfulness/4-thoughts.md): Learn to notice the fourth categories of mindfulness, thoughts, including 1) internal sense impressions & 2) storylines.
- [Immersed in Experience](https://guide.buddhistgeeks.org/meditation/ways/mindfulness/teachings/immersed-in-experience.md)
- [At Home in the Body](https://guide.buddhistgeeks.org/meditation/ways/mindfulness/teachings/at-home-in-the-body.md)
- [Patterns of Feelings](https://guide.buddhistgeeks.org/meditation/ways/mindfulness/teachings/patterns-of-feelings.md)
- [How to Cool the Flames of Anger with "RAIN"](https://guide.buddhistgeeks.org/meditation/ways/mindfulness/teachings/rain-cools-the-flames-of-anger.md): Emily Horn teaches us how to recognize, accept, investigate, and not identify with our anger.
- [Letting the Practice Do You](https://guide.buddhistgeeks.org/meditation/ways/mindfulness/teachings/letting-the-practice-do-you.md)
- [Opening Beyond Thought](https://guide.buddhistgeeks.org/meditation/ways/mindfulness/teachings/opening-beyond-thought.md)
- [Guided Meditations](https://guide.buddhistgeeks.org/meditation/ways/mindfulness/guided.md)
- [Expanding the Field of Mindfulness](https://guide.buddhistgeeks.org/meditation/ways/mindfulness/guided/expanding.md): In the expanding the field technique we begin our investigation with the breath, and then progressively open to include more and more of our experience.
- [Mindful of Breathing](https://guide.buddhistgeeks.org/meditation/ways/mindfulness/guided/expanding/mindful-breathing.md): In this meditation we'll be connecting with the sensations of breath in our body, and learning to sustain mindful attention with the breath.
- [Mindful of Body](https://guide.buddhistgeeks.org/meditation/ways/mindfulness/guided/expanding/mindful-body.md): The purpose of this meditation is to mindfully investigate the field of experience we call our bodies.
- [Mindful of Emotions](https://guide.buddhistgeeks.org/meditation/ways/mindfulness/guided/expanding/mindful-emotions.md): The aim of this practice is to investigate and open to the aspect of our experience we call emotions.  The 10m meditation explores emotions through the practice acronym of RAIN.
- [Mindful of Thinking](https://guide.buddhistgeeks.org/meditation/ways/mindfulness/guided/expanding/mindful-thinking.md): In this practice we'll work on expanding the field of attention to include the sensory experience of thought.
- [Mindful of Experience](https://guide.buddhistgeeks.org/meditation/ways/mindfulness/guided/expanding/mindful-experience.md): In this meditation we'll start by focusing on the breath and gradually open to include our whole and direct experience of sitting.
- [Mindful of Standing](https://guide.buddhistgeeks.org/meditation/ways/mindfulness/guided/mindful-of-standing.md): In this meditation we'll be focusing on practicing mindfulness in the standing posture.
- [Mindful of Walking](https://guide.buddhistgeeks.org/meditation/ways/mindfulness/guided/mindful-of-walking.md): In this meditation we'll use the formal practice of walking to deepen our consistency and experience of mindfulness.
- [Mindful Walking Outside](https://guide.buddhistgeeks.org/meditation/ways/mindfulness/guided/mindful-walking-outside.md): In this meditation we'll be developing a mobile form of mindfulness as we walk outside.
- [There is Driving](https://guide.buddhistgeeks.org/meditation/ways/mindfulness/guided/there-is-driving.md): In this practice you'll be noticing what you're sensing in real-time as you drive.
- [Mindful of Grocery Shopping](https://guide.buddhistgeeks.org/meditation/ways/mindfulness/guided/mindful-of-grocery-shopping.md): In this meditation we will focus on developing a steadiness of mind and a grounded sense in the body so we can reduce overwhelm in a stimulating environment.
- [Mindful of Procrastination](https://guide.buddhistgeeks.org/meditation/ways/mindfulness/guided/mindful-of-procrastination.md): In this meditation we will pay particular attention to the qualities and thoughts of procrastination, so that you can become familiar with this as an aspect of the creative process.
- [Mindful Work Break](https://guide.buddhistgeeks.org/meditation/ways/mindfulness/guided/mindful-work-break.md): In this meditation we will focus on calming the mind and body so that we can recharge and continue our work.
- [Mindful Meetings](https://guide.buddhistgeeks.org/meditation/ways/mindfulness/guided/mindful-meetings.md): In this meditation we will aim to settle our minds and soften our hearts in preparation for participating in a meeting.
- [Heartfulness](https://guide.buddhistgeeks.org/meditation/ways/heartfulness.md): Heartfulness is the practice of inclining the mind toward opening the heart.
- [Teachings](https://guide.buddhistgeeks.org/meditation/ways/heartfulness/teachings.md)
- [The Divine Abodes](https://guide.buddhistgeeks.org/meditation/ways/heartfulness/teachings/four-forms-of-love.md): The "brahmavihāras", or divine abodes, or divine dwellings, or sublime attitudes are: Loving-Kindness ("metta"), Compassion ("karuna"), Sympathetic Joy ("mudita"), & Equanimity ("upekkha").
- [Learning to Be a Good Friend](https://guide.buddhistgeeks.org/meditation/ways/heartfulness/teachings/learning-to-be-a-good-friend.md)
- [Faces of Compassion](https://guide.buddhistgeeks.org/meditation/ways/heartfulness/teachings/faces-of-compassion.md)
- [Natural Joy](https://guide.buddhistgeeks.org/meditation/ways/heartfulness/teachings/natural-joy.md)
- [Balanced with All That Is](https://guide.buddhistgeeks.org/meditation/ways/heartfulness/teachings/balanced-with-all-that-is.md)
- [Heartfulness Phrases](https://guide.buddhistgeeks.org/meditation/ways/heartfulness/teachings/common-heartfulness-phrases.md): Here are some of the common phrases used alongside heartfulness meditation.
- [Guided Meditations](https://guide.buddhistgeeks.org/meditation/ways/heartfulness/guided.md)
- [May Love Arise](https://guide.buddhistgeeks.org/meditation/ways/heartfulness/guided/may-love-arise.md): Inclining the Mind Toward Opening to Love
- [Heartful of Forgiveness](https://guide.buddhistgeeks.org/meditation/ways/heartfulness/guided/heartful-of-forgiveness.md): The aim of this meditation is to become less loyal to our suffering, to reboot our hearts by learning to forgive ourselves, forgive others, and to be open to receiving forgiveness.
- [Heartful of Kindness](https://guide.buddhistgeeks.org/meditation/ways/heartfulness/guided/heartful-of-kindness.md): The purpose of this meditation is to incline the mind toward opening the heart, so that there's more connection with yourself and others.
- [Heartful of Compassion](https://guide.buddhistgeeks.org/meditation/ways/heartfulness/guided/heartful-of-compassion.md): The aim of this meditation is to become more intimate with the pain, difficulty, and suffering of our lives.  By doing so we invite in the quivering heart of compassion and its limitless response.
- [Heartful of Joy](https://guide.buddhistgeeks.org/meditation/ways/heartfulness/guided/heartful-of-joy.md): In this meditation you will be inclining toward cultivating joy.
- [Heartful of Equanimity](https://guide.buddhistgeeks.org/meditation/ways/heartfulness/guided/heartful-of-equanimity.md): In this meditation you'll be aiming to cultivate a spacious, stable, and non-reactive heart & mind by using a couple of anchoring phrases.
- [Inquiry](https://guide.buddhistgeeks.org/meditation/ways/inquiry.md): Inquiry is the practice of using a question as a prompt for discovery.
- [Guided Meditations](https://guide.buddhistgeeks.org/meditation/ways/inquiry/guided.md)
- [What is This?](https://guide.buddhistgeeks.org/meditation/ways/inquiry/guided/what-is-this.md): The purpose of this meditation is to use a fairly simple, and ultimately unanswerable question, What is This?, as a prompt for discovery.
- [Awareness](https://guide.buddhistgeeks.org/meditation/ways/awareness.md): Awareness is the "practice" of being.
- [Teachings](https://guide.buddhistgeeks.org/meditation/ways/awareness/teachings.md)
- [Doorways to Awareness](https://guide.buddhistgeeks.org/meditation/ways/awareness/teachings/doorways-to-awareness.md)
- [The Paradox of Being & Doing](https://guide.buddhistgeeks.org/meditation/ways/awareness/teachings/the-paradox-of-being-and-doing.md)
- [Feeling to Infinity](https://guide.buddhistgeeks.org/meditation/ways/awareness/teachings/feeling-to-infinity.md)
- [Living from the Place of Emergent Presence](https://guide.buddhistgeeks.org/meditation/ways/awareness/teachings/living-from-the-place-of-emergent-presence.md)
- [Presence = Embodiment + Awareness](https://guide.buddhistgeeks.org/meditation/ways/awareness/teachings/presence-embodiment-+-awareness.md)
- [Guided Meditation](https://guide.buddhistgeeks.org/meditation/ways/awareness/guided.md)
- [The Space of Awareness](https://guide.buddhistgeeks.org/meditation/ways/awareness/guided/the-space-of-awareness.md): The purpose of this meditation is to learn to trust experience and relax the sense of doing so that you can live with more ease and fluidity.
- [Expanding the Field of Awareness](https://guide.buddhistgeeks.org/meditation/ways/awareness/guided/expanding-the-field-of-awareness.md): The purpose of this meditation is to learn how to gradually expand the field of awareness, until we can include the entire experiential field all at once.
- [Loving What Is](https://guide.buddhistgeeks.org/meditation/ways/awareness/guided/loving-what-is.md): In this meditation we're aiming to relax into awareness infused with non-personal love.
- [What is Awareness?](https://guide.buddhistgeeks.org/meditation/ways/awareness/guided/what-is-awareness.md): The purpose of this meditation is to explore awareness by using inquiry questions.
- [Embodied Awareness](https://guide.buddhistgeeks.org/meditation/ways/awareness/guided/embodied-awareness.md): The purpose of this meditation is to ground attention in and through the physical body, learning to sit as embodied awareness.
- [Embodiment](https://guide.buddhistgeeks.org/meditation/ways/embodiment.md): Embodiment is the practice of inhabiting the body.
- [Teachings](https://guide.buddhistgeeks.org/meditation/ways/embodiment/teachings.md)
- [The Wisdom of the Body](https://guide.buddhistgeeks.org/meditation/ways/embodiment/teachings/the-wisdom-of-the-body.md)
- [Six Points of Posture](https://guide.buddhistgeeks.org/meditation/ways/embodiment/teachings/six-points-of-posture.md)
- [Guided Meditations](https://guide.buddhistgeeks.org/meditation/ways/embodiment/guided.md)
- [Finding Your Seat Sequence](https://guide.buddhistgeeks.org/meditation/ways/embodiment/guided/finding-your-seat.md): Bringing the Body Online in the Sitting Posture
- [Six Points of Posture](https://guide.buddhistgeeks.org/meditation/ways/embodiment/guided/finding-your-seat/sitting-posture.md): In this meditation we'll focus on taking an upright, balanced, & relaxed posture for our seated meditation.
- [Balance](https://guide.buddhistgeeks.org/meditation/ways/embodiment/guided/finding-your-seat/sitting-posture/balance.md): The aim of this meditation is to learn to come into a natural balance in the sitting posture.  This is the point where relaxation and effort merge into ease.
- [Alignment](https://guide.buddhistgeeks.org/meditation/ways/embodiment/guided/finding-your-seat/sitting-posture/alignment.md): The aim of this meditation is to learn to better align our bodies, in the sitting posture, with the force of gravity.
- [Attitude](https://guide.buddhistgeeks.org/meditation/ways/embodiment/guided/finding-your-seat/sitting-posture/attitude.md): The aim of this meditation is to learn to become familiar with an attitude, or flavor of mind, that supports meditation practice.
- [Preparing the Ground for Just Sitting](https://guide.buddhistgeeks.org/meditation/ways/embodiment/guided/preparing-the-ground-for-just-sitting.md): This guided meditation is designed to help prepare the ground for the practice of "just sitting."
- [15 Meditative Dyads](https://guide.buddhistgeeks.org/meditation/dyads.md): With Six Ways to Meditate you can begin to play with combining ways, or pairing practices.
- [Concentrated Mindfulness](https://guide.buddhistgeeks.org/meditation/dyads/concentrated-mindfulness.md)
- [Concentrated Inquiry](https://guide.buddhistgeeks.org/meditation/dyads/concentrated-inquiry.md)
- [Concentrated Awareness](https://guide.buddhistgeeks.org/meditation/dyads/concentrated-awareness.md)
- [Mindful Inquiry](https://guide.buddhistgeeks.org/meditation/dyads/mindful-inquiry.md)
- [Mindful Awareness](https://guide.buddhistgeeks.org/meditation/dyads/mindful-awareness.md)
- [Heartful Concentration](https://guide.buddhistgeeks.org/meditation/dyads/heartful-concentration.md)
- [HeartMindfulness](https://guide.buddhistgeeks.org/meditation/dyads/heartmindfulness.md)
- [Heartful Inquiry](https://guide.buddhistgeeks.org/meditation/dyads/heartful-inquiry.md): Coming Soon
- [Heartful Awareness](https://guide.buddhistgeeks.org/meditation/dyads/heartful-awareness.md)
- [Awareness Inquiries](https://guide.buddhistgeeks.org/meditation/dyads/awareness-inquiries.md)
- [Embodied Concentration](https://guide.buddhistgeeks.org/meditation/dyads/embodied-concentration.md)
- [Embodied Mindfulness](https://guide.buddhistgeeks.org/meditation/dyads/embodied-mindfulness.md)
- [Embodied Heartfulness](https://guide.buddhistgeeks.org/meditation/dyads/embodied-heartfulness.md): Inclining the Mind toward Opening the Heart in the Body
- [Embodied Inquiry](https://guide.buddhistgeeks.org/meditation/dyads/embodied-inquiry.md)
- [Embodied Awareness](https://guide.buddhistgeeks.org/meditation/dyads/embodied-awareness.md)
- [3 Forms of Meditation](https://guide.buddhistgeeks.org/meditation/forms.md): Coming Soon...
- [Silent Meditation](https://guide.buddhistgeeks.org/meditation/forms/silent-meditation.md): The classic form of practicing together in silence.  In silent meditation practice, everyone is encouraged to practice however they see fit.
- [Guided Meditation](https://guide.buddhistgeeks.org/meditation/forms/guided-meditation.md): A classical form, in which a teacher offers out-loud & real-time guidance based on their own depths of meditative experience.
- [Meditating on Psychedelics](https://guide.buddhistgeeks.org/meditation/meditating-on-psychedelics.md): The Meditating on Psychedelics Simple Ceremony is a way of bringing the intentional practice of meditation together with a psychedelic catalyst.
- [Preparing](https://guide.buddhistgeeks.org/meditation/meditating-on-psychedelics/preparing.md): The Meditating on Psychedelics Simple Ceremony is a way of bringing the intentional practice of meditation together with a psychedelic catalyst.
- [Journey](https://guide.buddhistgeeks.org/meditation/meditating-on-psychedelics/journey.md)
- [Integration](https://guide.buddhistgeeks.org/meditation/meditating-on-psychedelics/integration.md)


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