YOGA MEDITATIONS

The practice of yoga firstly started in Northern India

about 5,000 years ago. The purpose of practicing yoga is
to bring awareness to the individual who is meditating,
and to purify the spirit; Its history is so rich that it had to
be divided into four main periods of innovation, practice
and development. The pre-classical, classical, postclassical and modern period; It is also divided into eight
types of meditation which are: Third eye meditation,
Chakra
meditation,
Gazing
meditation
(Trataka),
Kundalini, Kriya yoga, Sound meditation (Nada Yoga), and
Pranayama.
Even though the different techniques to practice yoga
focus on different parts of the body, each of them will
have the same effect and benefits on the mind and body.
There are a lot of benefits by practicing yoga, but the
most important are gaining balance, focusing, relaxing
the body, helping sleeping deeper, boosting the immune
system, etc..
The most common type of yoga is called the third eye
meditation, where the main focus of attention is on the
spot between the eyebrows (Thats why its called the
third eye). Or can also be called the ajna chakra; The
purpose is to silence the mind.
Chakra meditation is focusing in the seven chakras
(centers of energy) that exist in the human body. For each
chakra there is an specific mantra (Iam, vam, ram, yam,
ham, om); The most common chakras are the third eye,
the crown and the heart chakra; Gazing meditation or
trataka, fixes the view on an external object like a candle,
image or symbol. The eyes are closed for training the
concentration and also opened to train visualization.

Kundalini meditation is a more complex system,

awakening the kundalini energy that is in the base of the
spine can be a very difficult and dangerous thing to
achieve.
The Kriya yoga is a more spiritual kind of yoga, that
involve breathing, meditating and also energizing the
body.
Theres also the sound meditation, that requires focus on
hearing external calming sounds to be able to quiet the
mind. The ultimate goal is to hear The Ultimate Sound
(para nada). That is the sound of vibration manifestated
as a om.
The last type is Pranayama, which is more of a breathing
regulation than a yoga practice, it calms the mind and
prepares it for meditation;
The 4-4-4-4 helps to balance the moods and pacifies the
body.
In conclusion, yoga can be practiced in many different
ways and can focus in distinct areas of the body, but still
have the same benefits.
Practicing it at least two days a week can make a whole
difference in someones daily life.
Source:
23TypesofMeditation.21/August/16,deSitioweb:
http://liveanddare.com/typesofmeditation/