Part 4 of a 4-part Guide to Meditation

Your Life Is Your Meditation (III): Examples of ACTIVE Meditations

[Updated Dec 28, 2021] My personal review of “Participatory Meditation” practices that are part of the 9 basic types of meditation.

Walking with prayer wheels and beads in Tibet, by Kyle Taylor (Flickr.com, cc-by)

This Is the final article in my meditation series, which started with: Meditation Explainer: the What, Why & How of Meditating. This short introductory section is included in all the articles, so you can go straight to *THIS ARTICLE* below to start what is new information here.

In that first article, I identified 3 Forms of Meditation:

• [1] Self Meditations — meditating independently of any external influences; covered in the 2nd article in the series
• [2] Guided Meditations — meditating while listening to an external source; covered in this article; covered in the 3rd article in the series
• [3] Active Meditations — physically participating in an activity; covered in the next article in this series; covered in this article

Each of these Forms has 3 Types, for a total of different 9 Types.

Forms & Types of Meditation — CLICK TO ENLARGE — by Alan Lew, cc-by

Meditation Explainer — The What, Why, & How of Meditating

The What, Why, & How of Meditating article describes each of the 9 types in a general overview. This article is a personal review of examples of the 3 types of Active Meditations.

My meditation practices vary, but over the course of a week they will include most of the following. (Note that if I close my eyes, I use the word “meditation”. If my eyes are mostly open, I use the word “practice”.)

[Form 1] SELF Meditation Practices (Internal) — * Previous Article*