Meditation Progression

Light Meditation is, perhaps, the easiest form of Meditation. It can be done within 5min or it can extend to half an hour, according to how badly you need it.
Simple Step-By-Step Instructions! (perhaps what many people need)

1) Relax your muscles and sit in a comfortable position with your back straight. Laying down is fine and may be a recommended position if this is your first Meditation.

2) DON'T clear your mind, focus on a happy thought. You can clear your mind if you want, but for a light meditation the point is simply to get rid of negative feelings, so focus on something that makes you happy. For an example we will use: Ice Cream.

3) While focusing on Ice Cream; regulate your breathing. Every inhale should take five seconds, count them. Hold your breath for a second and release a five second exhale. Wait a second and repeat.

Continue this breathing process until you feel relaxed and at peace. Now don't just get up and go, NOW clear your mind. Let your own thoughts come back naturally to you, don't force them. Once you feel you are ready stand up and take on whatever task you have to do next.

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Regular Meditation:

Regular Meditation may be one of the most practiced forms and is required for a Deep Meditation.

1) Get comfortable and relax. Dim lighting and natural sounds can both be helpful in this form of Meditation.

2) Regulate your breathing in the same way mentioned in Light Meditation; ten second breaths, five second inhale and five second exhale with a one second pause in between.

3) Let your mind wind down on it's own. Don't force thoughts out of your head, but rather let them come to you and then let them pass. After a few minutes thoughts will come to you slower and you will enter a form of Meditation.

4) If anything keeps distracting you and won't leave, I would use the ''Big Box'' method. Visualize a big box sitting in front of you and pick out the thoughts that bother you, put the thought in the box and close it. This doesn't work for everyone, but it's not a bad idea either.

5) Once you are done Meditating pull out slowly. Let your thoughts come back to you and once you are yourself again try standing up, but do this slowly as well. You should feel more relaxed after this and your mind should feel a bit more clear.

Most people do this for around 15-20 minutes, but you may continue for as long or as short as you wish. There is not ''must have'' time limit for Meditation, save for the limitations you give yourself.

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A Deep Meditation requires first going into a Regular Mediation, so practice that before trying this. Regular Meditation is easier after having done some Light Meditation, so I would recommend starting with that.

1) Get comfortable and relax. Dim lighting and natural sounds can both be helpful in this form of Meditation, but complete silence and darkness may be best.

2) Regulate your breathing in the same way mentioned in Light Meditation; ten second breaths, five second inhale and five second exhale with a one second pause in between.

3) Let your mind wind down on it's own. Don't force thoughts out of your head, but rather let them come to you and then let them pass. After a few minutes, thoughts will come to you slower and you will enter a form of Meditation.

4) If anything keeps distracting you and won't leave, just let it. You can use the Big Box method, but overcoming these obstacles may prevent them from interfering later into the Meditation.

5) Once your mind is cleared of all things visualize a place of peace. This is your ''Inner Sanctum'', a ''Personal Grotto'', it is your place of peace. Similar to Astral Projection in a way that you may feel physically there, this is a place that can only be reached by you and your Spirit Guides.

6) Once you are done Meditating pull out slowly. Let your thoughts come back to you and once you are yourself again try standing up, but do this slowly as well. You should feel more relaxed after this and your mind should feel a bit more clear.

Since I like to do this just before going to sleep, I pull out of the Inner Sanctum and let my brain shut down. I don't pull out of this Meditation until the morning, when I wake up. Sometimes this Meditation may also lead to prophetic visions or dreams.

Thank you very much trying right now. By the way should I take that first paragraph personal? ahh it doesnt matter you are truely that of greatness. So I'm doing it ok.

This was originally and posted months before I knew there was a Healers of Light coven. This was here even before that coven removal Pet applied, removing all minor or role-play based covens(he missed a few though). None of what is written here was meant to be taken personally by anyone.

Darn and I thought I was getting to be the teachers pet. lol works great and I shall continue. but can you tell me if you never were able to meditate before is it normal for this to make you feel very tired?

It is relaxing. If you are stressed, and I know you are, then you aren't getting the sleep and rest you require. Because of that, the stress is what keeps you feeling like you are awake and aware when you are not. Meditation helps to remove that stress, thus removes what is keeping you under the illusion of being awake, and so it would make you feel tired.

I forgot to mention that in such cases it is often best to meditate while laying down and often you can expect to fall asleep from it.

You should all practice meditating until you get to the point where you can do anything while meditating. With these lessons here, there is no excuse for not meditating on a daily basis because with these methods you can meditate anywhere at any time. Dedicated Taoists and Buddhists actually keep themselves almost constantly in some state of meditation, some deeper then others and some lighter then others.

This is really helpful! Considering I always end up giving up because I can't do it. I'm gonna try this..maybe not tonight, but definitely sometime tomorrow! I know that you said there is not excuse, but sometimes there is. I've got stuff to do :P Thank you!

see told you the apple dont fall too far from the tree my daughter has the same problem as me. He is right though hun I feel so much better not so stressed since I finally can meditate I just get leary as it is hard to come back but since he says it is ok if you fall asleep like this you would be back when you wake up. So I think I shall try doing it right before I fall asleep at night. thank you I think this is gonna do wonders for my health as stress causes all kinds of problems and I have way more than one person should. you are a blessing and a great teacher, and I am very greatful to have you helping us.

My mistake, and now I feel so stagnant. My schedule, which I was so sure was packed enough that I couldn't fit anything more into it, is still not so packed that I can not breath. Surely if you two can't find time to breath, your schedules are far more packed then mine.

not the breathing part that is hard lets all hope we dont stop that it is holding our minds still long enough to meditate.

The only real requirement for a light meditation is that you breath. If you don't have time for a light meditation, you don't have time to breath.