Thread: A trick I use when I meditate (And when I WILD this weekend...)

While I appreciate your contribution, I wouldn't recommend looking for shortcuts to meditation; the hard way is the only way.

The goal in breath counting meditation is to focus on your breath while breathing naturally, because it's about getting in tune with the feeling of your body's rhythms and focusing completely on one thing. You can't focus on the feel of your breath as effectively if you're also focusing on controlling or altering its tempo. It's true that one's breathing often becomes shallow during meditation, but this is something that will happen to you effortlessly, so there's no need to try to force it.

I'm glad to hear that this technique works for you. For me, it would keep me awake when LDing, and distracted when meditating.

Okay... I'll try the old way, this one just takes me less time.

I use a technique my old art teacher taught me before I begin meditating(I don't use it for LDing though). It's a technique you can use to steady your hand when it's shaking.

She said it apparently actually release a chemical in your brain?!?!?

You're supposed take a deep breath in through your nose(slow and steady). Then hold it in for a a split second, then release it through your mouth really slow like you have a candle in front of your face that your trying not to blow out while exhaling. It definitely works for art, I dunno about lucid dreaming though.