Feeling stressed, distracted, or unsure which meditation technique is actually right for you?
Many people try meditation on their own, jumping from app to app or technique to technique, never quite finding something that truly works for them.
At The Daily Meditation, we guide you personally through proven techniques—from simple breathing exercises to advanced spiritual practices—so you can finally experience calm, clarity, and a sense of control over your mind.
Below you’ll find the meditation techniques we teach in our private sessions and corporate programs. Each one is chosen based on your goals—whether you want to reduce anxiety, improve focus, or explore deeper spiritual practices.
Beginners Meditations
New to meditation? Our guide to How To Meditate Properly is a great starting point. It’s simple, approachable, and designed to help you get comfortable with the practice.
- Guided meditations: A simple method in which you listen to the instructor and follow their instructions.
- Breathing meditation: Breathing methods stimulate the parasympathetic nervous system, reduce amygdala activity, and balance cortisol to help relieve stress.
- Mindfulness exercises: Focusing the mind on the present moment without judgment. Excellent for general mental wellbeing.
Modern Meditation Techniques
- Jon Kabat Zinn Body Scan: This technique is a form of somatic meditation. It helps us manage chronic pain and stress. It’s a powerful way to bring awareness to your body and release tension, helping you feel more grounded. If you enjoy this you’ll also love intrgrated body mind training
- Forest Bathing: Basically what it sounds like. Forest Bathing or “Shinrin Yoku” is all about meditating in nature.
- Active Imagination: Active Imagination is a Jungian meditation designed to help us work with the subconscious mind
- Chi Exercises: A spiritual exercise that is used to cultivate the energy called Chi.
Buddhist Meditation Techniques
- Anapanasati: Traditional mindful breathing practice used for calmness and clarity of mind.
- Zen / Zazen: A seated exercise you can use to increase your focus and concentration. When you do this, you use technical positions and breathing methods to calm and focus the mind.
- Vipassana: A breathing and insight technique we use to explore the mind and understand the nature of mental phenomena. It was made popular in the West by teachers like Jack Kornfield and Joseph Goldstein
- Tonglen: Compassion-based method that is wonderful for developing the heart-mind.
- Loving Kindness: Compassion-based meditation that helps sooth painful emotions.
- Trataka / Candle Gazing: Focus on a candle flame to stabilize your mind and improve concentration. This simple practice can help you center yourself throughout your day.
- Samyama: Advanced type of yogic meditation mostly used for increasing concentration.
- Soham: Excellent beginner meditation that combines mindful breathing with mantras.
- Chakra Meditation: Chakra meditations are used to open and clear the seven chakras in the body. Each is associated with different benefits.
- Hari Om: A powerful mantra practice designed to remove energy blockages and restore the natural flow of your body’s energy.
- Third Eye: Powerful meditation that is used to open the Third Eye (Ajna chakra). It is said that this could lead to psychic powers.
- Merkaba Meditation: A deeply spiritual meditation techniques utilizing sacred geometry.
- Osho: The techniques taught by spiritual guru Osho (Rajneesh).
- Mantras
- Mudras
- Questions And Answers
Need help choosing a meditation technique?
Not sure which technique is right for you?
That’s exactly what we help with in private sessions. We assess your goals, personality, and experience level, then guide you through the meditation style that will work best for you.
Book a private meditation lesson or corporate meditation class today.
