Meditation Articles

Getting Started in Meditation

• Be Still and Know: The Importance of Meditation
• Practical Hints for Meditation
• How to Sit Comfortably in Meditation
• Creating a Routine: Steps to Deep Meditation
• Meditation Keys for Beginners
• Meditate with Relaxation (formerly, Relaxation)

Hong-Sau Technique

• Hong-Sau Technique of Meditation
• Why Hong-Sau Works
• Concentration on the Breath Leads to Inner Stillness
• Tips for Staying Focused During Hong-Sau
• An Overview of Hong-Sau and its Advanced Phases
• Focusing at the Spiritual Eye
• Advice for Meditators

The Importance of Concentration

• Concentration is Everything
• 10 Ways to Increase Your Concentration
• Meditation for Calming the Senses by Swami Kriyananda
• Use Thoughts in Meditation to Your Advantage by Bharat Cornell
• How to Develop Concentration
• Meditation is Dynamic Awareness
• How to Increase Your Concentration

The Art and Practice of Meditation

• What is Yoga? by Paramhansa Yogananda
• Raising the Inner Energy — Yoga’s True Purpose
• Paramhansa Yogananda on Meditation
• The Joy of Interiorization
• Awakening Kundalini Harmoniously
• The Importance of Technique by Paramhansa Yogananda
• Meditate with a Pure Heart
• Meditation Wisdom from The Essence of the Bhagavad Gita
• Become Strong in Yourself
• How to Experience the Divine Presence

The Spiritual Eye

• The Spiritual Eye: What is it, What it Looks Like, How to See It
• Spiritual Eye Meditation

Overcoming Stress

• Dealing With Change and Stress: Meditation Therapy
• Visualization and Meditation on Overcoming Stress
• A Technique for Dealing with Tense Situations
• Yogananda’s Healing Drink For the Nerves

Yoga Postures

• Exploring the Essence of Ananda Yoga
• Ananda Yoga® for Higher Awareness
• Basic Rules for Yoga Practice
• Relax Completely — Try This Pose!

Devotion

• The Importance of Developing Devotion
• Focused Prayer
• How To Pray Effectively
• Making Your Spiritual Life Dynamic

Devotional Chanting

• Devotional Chanting
• How to Chant
• Chanting Quiets the Mind
• The Power of Chanting
• Learn and Sing these Chants!

Energization Exercises: Increase the Flow of Life-Force

• The Energization Exercises: An Introduction
• The Importance of Energy
• We Are Energy
• About the Energization Exercises
• How to Discover the Principles of the Energization Exercises

How to Tune in to Higher Guidance

• Meditation and Superconsciousness
• The Three Levels of Consciousness
• Technique for Tuning in to Higher Guidance
• The Art of It
• What to Look For

Right Attitude

• Right Attitude is Everything
• The Right Attitude Toward Spiritual Experiences
• Signs of Spiritual Progress
• True vs. False Visions
• Awakening Kundalini Harmoniously
• Meditation Wisdom from Paramhansa Yogananda
• How to Avoid Spiritual Overconfidence
• Meditate to Please God Not Self

Transcending the Ego

• How to Measure Your Spiritual Progress
• Techniques of Ego-Transcendence
• True Humility Is Self-forgetfulness
• God Is the Doer Meditation

Overcoming Obstacles in Meditation

• Obstacles to Meditation & How to Overcome Them
• One Step at a Time: Yogananda’s Vision of the Path
• Three Stages Meditators Experience on the Path
• Take a Long-term View of Your Meditation Practice
• A Simple Technique for Overcoming Sleepiness During Meditation

How the Guru Helps Us

• Why a Guru?
• The Spiritual Power of Yogananda
• Paramhansa Yogananda: Seeing God in Everyone
• God Protects His Devotees
• The Guru: How God Guides the Devotee

Science and Meditation

• The Brain: Engineered for Divinity

Inspiration

• Meditation on AUM
• The Mysterious Devotee: A True Story
• Withdraw the Energy

Miscellaneous

• Meditation: The Art of Being Centered
• Living From Your Center
• How to Strengthen and Protect Your Spiritual Magnetism
• How to Transcend Your Karma
• How Should We Meet Our Tests?
• Flow with Life
• Mindfulness Meditation
• How to Take a Spiritual Retreat
• Material Success Through Yoga Principles

Nature Meditations

• I Am the Mountain Meditation
• Expanding Circles
• Walking Meditation with Divine Mother

Affirmations

• The Science and Power of Affirmations, Including Four Affirmations

Visualizations

• Power of the Mind
• Attuning to the Eight Aspects of God (PDF, 110 KB)
• Experience Soul Freedom Visualization
• Visualization and Meditation on Overcoming Stress

Work and Meditation

• Meditation and Daily Life
• Intensity is Everything-How Works Helps Our Meditation
• Work vs. Meditation

Kriya Yoga

• Yogananda on Kriya Yoga
• Kriya Yoga: Highway to the Infinite
• From God Is for Everyone: “The Science of Religion”