Appendix A
Meditation Worksheet
Directions: Locate two resources on the Internet that explain meditation techniques. Copy and paste the Web address into the top of the matrix. After reviewing the Web site, provide a brief summary for each source. Below your summary, list two interesting facts you learned from each site. Try the techniques you located in your Internet search. Provide a brief description of what happened in your experience.
Be sure to answer the two questions below the matrix also.
Web Address (URL): http://www.how-to-meditate.org/breathing-meditations.htm/ http://viewonbuddhism.org/meditation_practice.html
Summary of resource: This site gives the basics of meditation that can easily be done throughout the day. It lists some books that can be used to further the intensity of the meditation. The purpose of meditation is to clear the mind and achieve a feeling of peace and serenity to help eliminate stress. The basics of meditation is to clear the mind and use your breathing to put yourself into a relaxed state. This site is full of techniques, as well as Buddhist, and other religions’ ways to remain calm and at peace. It demonstrates how to hold your body as well as how to breathe for each form of meditation. It gives recommendations and lists of books that can be used.
Two interesting
Facts: 1. Meditating can decrease pain and illness in most people if done correctly.
2. It builds self-esteem, confidence and improves the grades of students who meditate. 1. Meditation increases the level of creativity
2. Meditation can reduce a woman’s pre-menstrual syndrome
What happened after you tried each technique? I already do a form of breathing meditation and sometimes yoga. I find those things to be very relaxing as well as keeps me healthy and in shape. The breathing techniques help control my heart rhythm, which I have a minor flutter. The stretching and yoga keeps the body limber and decreases muscle