Discover 7 popular types of meditation practices and learn how to cultivate awareness and perspective. From mindfulness to loving-kindness, explore different techniques for observing thoughts and feelings without judgment.

With more time on our hands, many people are trying new things, including meditation. When you Google meditation, though, the results you get can be not just contradictory but downright confusing. In this post I will answer some common questions about how much time you should spend in meditation, and I’ll also indirectly address how much meditation is too little for anyone who is wondering that.

First you need to understand that it’s not you, this is a normal difficulty often experienced when we first begin meditation, and it relates to our assumptions about the nature of mind.

Moon meditation or Trataka, also known as Tratak (pr. trah’-tahk), Trataka means fixed gazing. The object you gaze upon can be just about anything, and Trataka played a major role in Yoga before postures and breathing exercises began to dominate the system in the early 1800’s.

Falling asleep during meditation is very common and if it happens to you once a while you don't need to be too concerned. When we are learning to meditate, we are looking for a balance between focus and relaxation and in the process it is inevitable that from time to time we’ll drift a little too far in either direction. So if staying awakes is a problem here as some 8 that may help.