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Yoga meditation: A beginner`s guide
Friday, 31 December 2010 - 12:05 AM SL Time

Get started on the road to a meditation practice with this guide for beginners

By Amanda Vogel

When you think of doing yoga, your first association might be with the physical practice: moving through the yoga poses and practising yoga breathing. But meditation the act of focusing your mind is also part of a well-rounded yoga experience.

Learning to meditate in yoga involves more than sitting still for a few moments each day. The reason? Your mind might still be sifting through a barrage of thoughts and worries. Yoga meditation is about quieting a busy mind, says Wade Imre Morissette, a yoga teacher in Vancouver, B.C., and author of Transformative Yoga: Five Keys to Unlocking Inner Bliss. The more you`re able to quiet your thoughts through yoga meditation, the more you experience a sense of true presence, he says. And being in the moment helps create that beneficial mind-body connection that yoga is known for.

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