Yoga and Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy by Basant Pradhan

Author:Basant Pradhan
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Springer International Publishing, Cham

4.4 Description of the Key Techniques in Yoga and Meditation

It is important to understand that regulation of attention is the common denominator among the different methods or traditions of meditation (Davidson and Goleman 1977). As mentioned above, meditation practices apply the following two types in succession or in various combinations: (a) first, focusing attention on an idea or object that serves as the anchor (the concentrative method/FA type) and, thereafter, (b) maintaining a free-floating attention as the central mental mechanism that initiates the mindfulness process (the mindfulness method/OM type). Usually concentrative meditation (called bare attention in Buddhist literature) is a prerequisite for practicing the mindfulness meditation. The techniques involved in both types of meditation are shown below.

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