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Does prayer help meditation?

I just read on one of the web-sites: “It’s beneficial to begin your meditation with a prayer. Praying helps you remember why you are meditating.”

Here are my two cents:

Yoga doesn’t imply a particular sort of prayer or “belief-system”. You don’t have to be a Hindu (or Buddhist) to meditate.
Yoga doesn’t force you to be a [...]

Meditation techniques

You can practice a lot of techniques for meditation, and everyone can select a technique that suits him the most. Some people prefer the mediation techniques that involve movement, while others might prefer visualization, concentration, and mantra etc. I will discuss a few categories of these techniques here:

Insight meditation methods:

Who Am I: This [...]

What I learned about Common Cold. Plus ill-person bed-time lessons

There is not much use to talk about meditation, Raja Yoga, and other “high matters” if we are ill. I wish you not to get sick and if you do – to get well fast.

There are thousands of pages in the Internet about preventive measures and cures from common cold. The following is [...]