I meditate daily and use two techniques.
(1) 10 minutes every morning without fail- the technique I use is called Metta meditation which translates to loving-kindness meditation. This is the ideal meditation for beginners AND daily practice for keeping one's temper under control.
The four purposes of this meditation technique is to develop loving kindness, compassion, empathetic joy and equanimity.
Basically in this meditation technique one thinks of oneself, parents, loved ones, relatives, etc etc and even people one doesn't like and wishing them happiness, health, mental healing and nirvana.
For example:-
May I be happy, healthy, full of wisdom and attain the bliss of Nirvana (repeat it three times) and then
May my parents be ............
May my wife and children be ...........
May my siblings and families be .........
May my .... etc etc
You don't have to wish them Nirvana if you don't believe in it.
Here is s a video on it.
^ Her video is a bit too long though.
I love this technique because it not only relives one of stress, it fills your brain/feelings with loving thoughts and therefore replace your angry thoughts with loving ones, and it also helps you concentrate your mind (with kindness).
What kind of meditations do you advice?
I really advice this metta meditation technique because it really does make you feel compassionate and empathetic from my experience.
(2) Vipassana -
The purpose of this technique is to watch your body, sensations (pleasant and unpleasant) and your thoughts (pleasant and unpleasant) as they rise. If you do it for long enough you would come to a place in which you would be able to by reflex (without even thinking) watch your sensations and thoughts rise and pass away.
This technique is quite advance but addictive because you can do it while you go on your daily lives. While you are walking, talking, eating etc you keep repeating to yourself what you are doing. When you are doing this you will begin to be more in touch with your sensations and thoughts.
This is quite advance and I have mixed results with this. I do it for weeks at a time, stop for a week of two after being disappointed with myself and come back to it again. But this technique is quite awesome because you can do it 24/7 (because you are suppose to do it while you attend to your normal daily activities), even while you have sex or even masturbate.
There had been a
research done on this technique.
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But please, I insist try technique metta meditation (technique 1). The results it brings are faster and the instant satisfactions STRONGER.