Whats the diffrence between YOGA and MEDITATION ???
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In some areas, they overlap. \nLet's see, Yoga focuses on physical and mental health equally. A good teacher will ask you to focus on the poses and control your breathing in Yoga. This could be considered as the first stage to Meditation. The different poses balance your mind, help you gain control over your senses, cure diseases etc.\n\nThe sole aim of Meditation is Spiritual Awakening... peace of mind for those who do not believe in God. I am a religious person and I can tell you best about spiritual awakening. I am still in the initial stages and I saw a faint light once in the centre of my forehead. All day long, I felt this peaceful bliss and a detachment from worldly problems. I was going through a lot of prolems those days and this was nothing short of a miracle. The better you get at it, the brighter the light grows. It starts to emanate from every atom of your being. That is the reason why saints are pictured with a faint halo.\n\nSo in a way meditation improves your physical health also. It keeps your blood pressure in check and people at advanced stages are even able to control their pulse etc, also perform miracles. The ones who master meditation, however, feel no desire to flaunt such powers... they are beyond worldly desires.
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The whole aim of meditation is,\n1. to calm your mind, and\n2. to focus the mind on one thing.\n\nIf you sit down and close your eyes you will notice that your mind is jumping from one thought to another. Even though you want to concentrate on your breath you will find other thoughts also coming in between.\n\nIn learning to meditate you must first learn to calm your mind. You do this by following every thought that comes into you mind. You must be like a Manager of a Hotel who stands at the entrance and observes the customers coming in. Without getting attached to the thoughts try to observe them. You will find that a thought comes in and that it goes nowhere and another thought follows it - try following that too - with same results. This way you will find that your thoughts gradually subside.\n\nOf course do not expect results in one or two days. Practise it for at least 40 minutes every day for at least 2 months you find that you have 'killed' your train of thoughts. I have practised for 1 1/2 years but still vagrant thoughts come in. The whole idea is to silence the mind.\n\nThereafter start concentrating on your breath. Notice the breath coming in and going out. You should not concentrate only on the tip of your nose. Notice the breath coming in and thereafter your lungs getting filled and then gradually exhaling the breath.\n\nYou should be able to get some guidance from the following sites,\n\n1. http://www.dhamma.org/vipassan.htm\n2. http://www.meditationexpert.com   and click on the free articles on yoga meditation - it includes articles on all types of meditations including christian and muslim meditation.
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Dhammakaya meditation\n\nwww.meditationthai.org
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I haven't tried yoga.  I guess I just picture yoga as just twisting myself in these awkward positions that my body would be like "uh I don't think that's supposed to bend like that" and then trying to breathe and relax.  I feel like I can relax better by just sitting on the couch and watching TV, or just taking a nap.
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There is a book called 8 Minute Meditation: Quiet Your Mind. Change Your Life, which is really Good, I would definetly recommend it, I was not able to finish reading it since I gave it away, but from what I read I really liked it. It was written by Victor N. Davich.
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Pilates focuses on core strength; making the core body muscles (such as the psoas) stronger.  it is more "exercise-like" than yoga with repetitions.  There is usually not a strong mediative component.  Pilates will get you in shape and make you strong in a good way - not the surface way like aerobics.\n\nYoga is more about body awareness.  It has a meditative component and is much much older.  Yoga will change your life and who you are permanently for the better.\n\nI recommend dunya (dianne mcpherson) yoga DVDs.\nyou can buy three of her yoga DVDS at www.dancemeditation.org\nshe is my teacher and it changed my life for the better.
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Yoga and meditation are powerful, but since the cause of the tension is unclear, it'd be unwise to assume that they alone will cure your problem. \n\nNonetheless, they should be able to help relieve it indirectly by improving your physical and mental wellness overall. These benefits are founded on 2 things:\n1. Time to try, experience and explore\n2. A good yoga teacher
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The whole aim of meditation is,\n1. to calm your mind, and\n2. to focus the mind on one thing.\n\nThe mind of a normal person is like an uncontrolled monkey jumping from one thought to another. To process all these thoughts a lot of body energy is used. Thus if your mind cease to process thoughts you will be saving a lot of body energy which can be used to cure a lot of ailments in your body. That is why a person who continues to meditate regularly even gets a nice body complexion.\n\nAnapana or concentration on the breath is the best form of meditation.\n\nIf you sit down and close your eyes you will notice that your mind is jumping from one thought to another. Even though you want to concentrate on your breath you will find other thoughts also coming in between.\n\nIn learning to meditate you must first learn to calm your mind. You do this by following every thought that comes into you mind. You must be like a Manager of a Hotel who stands at the entrance and observes the customers coming in. Without getting attached to the thoughts try to observe them. You will find that a thought comes in and that it goes nowhere and another thought follows it - try following that too - with same results. This way you will find that your thoughts gradually subside. Do not try to force out your thoughts.\n\nOf course do not expect results in one or two days. Practise it for at least 40 minutes every day for at least 2 months you find that you have 'killed' your train of thoughts. I have practised for 1 1/2 years and still vagrant thoughts come in.\n\nThereafter start concentrating on your breath. Notice the breath coming in and going out. You should not concentrate only on the tip of your nose. Notice the breath coming in and thereafter your lungs getting filled and then gradually exhaling the breath.\n\nAfter you finish that for the day start to think of a person or several persons whom you hate most. Having those people in mind start to think in a compassionate manner "may he be healthy, may he be happy, may he go up in life, may he live long". Keep on doing this for about 10 minutes a day for a few months you will find that you do not get angry even when you have to get angry.\n\nYou should be able to get some guidance from the following sites,\n\n1. http://www.dhamma.org/vipassan.htm \n2. http://www.meditationexpert.com/   and click on the free articles on yoga meditation - it includes articles on all types of meditations including christian and muslim meditation.
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HAHAHA.  I read this pretty late last night.  I thought you said "medicate."\n\nTo mediTATE, you can check out some of these simple methods:\n\nhttp://buddhism.kalachakranet.org/Meditations/index.html
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no meditation is relaxing and calming ,a search for the inner self ,\n\nif done incorrectly you will still be calm and relaxed ,but you may not find your inner self.
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Yoga is great exercise; if you're interested in yoga, but searching for something more high-impact you should consider "power yoga." It is basically the same thing differing by its speed and breathing. I've worked up quite a sweat through yoga, and it is much friendlier on the knees, etc. than many other forms of exercise. It is very physical carefully incorporateing many aspects of fitness including flexibility & breathing.
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Yoga means union, or linking oneself to the surpreme.  if you want the whole story we need to sit down and talk as it took me six years of intense study, and i'm sorry, but i'm not prepared to sit here and type it all out at the moment.\n\non the other hand your question is the first step.  and now i will give you the second step.\n\ngo here:  http://www.theosociety.org/pasadena/patanjal/patanyog.htm\n\nnamaste
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Yoga is an ancient art of India. The main concern of yoga is conecting with your inner spirit. This is called as PRANAYAM. If I split the word it will read as Pran and AYAM. Pran means the breath or life and AYAM means control. So collectively its controlling your breath ie controlling your life. All yoga postures are based on maintaining your breatrh which directly cooridates your heart and maintaining the curves and shapes of body in proper position which further enhances the breathing coordination.\n\nThis is the basic of yoga by which you discipline your heart and body. Once you acheive this then rest is OK. You can control anything. Loosing weight is just a fun. \n\nBut caution only a trained personnel can give you right direction, These days its a booming business in western countries.
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Yoga as we all know it is aimed to unite the mind, the body, and the spirit. Yoga therefore is considered therapeutic. It helps you become more aware of your body's posture, alignment and patterns of movement. It makes the body more flexible and helps you relax even in the midst of a stress stricken environment. This is one of the foremost reasons why people want to start Practicing Yoga - to feel fitter, be more energetic, be happier and peaceful.
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Zen sitting meditation is called zazen. \n\nIt differs from other meditations because the mind is not being used to think of visuals, mantras, etc. During zazen, the mind concentrates on the breathing and posture. If a thought comes up, which it usually does, you just let go of it, like a cloud in the sky. During zazen, the mind can be in it's original peaceful state (moshotoku). During zazen, there is nothing to loose or gain. You just sit. If zazen is used for anything, it's used just to be your normal self.\n\nThe people here are the real deal. I suggest clicking around on their website. If you want to, call them up (they are kind people.)\nhttp://www.nozt.org/zazen.shtml\n\nI hope I have helped. If I can help more, you can contact me.
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As in so many things, it depends.\n\nIf the focus of your concentration during yoga is Allah, then of course you are doing nothing wrong; yoga then complements Islam.
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That the whole aim of meditation is,\n1. to calm your mind, and\n2. to focus the mind on one thing.\n\nIf you sit down and close your eyes you will notice that your mind is jumping from one thought to another. Even though you want to concentrate on your breath you will find other thoughts also coming in between.\n\nIn learning to meditate you must first learn to calm your mind. You do this by following every thought that comes into you mind. You must be like a Manager of a Hotel who stands at the entrance and observes the customers coming in. Without getting attached to the thoughts try to observe them. You will find that a thought comes in and that it goes nowhere and another thought follows it - try following that too - with same results. This way you will find that your thoughts gradually subside. Do not try to force out your thoughts.\n\nOf course do not expect results in one or two days. Practise it for at least 40 minutes every day for at least 2 months you find that you have 'killed' your train of thoughts. I have practised for 1 1/2 years and still vagrant thoughts come in.\n\nThereafter start concentrating on your breath. Notice the breath coming in and going out. You should not concentrate only on the tip of your nose. Notice the breath coming in and thereafter your lungs getting filled and then gradually exhaling the breath.\n\nGo to the website mentioned in the 'Sources' below and read the book that I have mentioned. Then you will understand whether your method of meditation is correct or not.\n\nYou should be able to get some guidance from the following sites,\n\n1. http://www.dhamma.org/vipassan.htm...\n2. http://www.meditationexpert.com/... and click on the free articles on yoga meditation - it includes articles on all types of meditations including christian and muslim meditation.