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 website, 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): www.how-to-meditate.org

Summary of resource:
This website has a lot of Buddhist techniques on how to meditate, it has breathing techniques and helps you with posture. How-to-meditate helps to educate you on how the everyday stressors of life can really us unhappy and effect how we act on an everyday basis.

Two interesting Facts:
1. Meditation allows us to control our minds regardless of what is happening around us.

2. If we do not learn to control our minds through meditation, we may find it extremely hard to be happy even in the best of circumstances.

www.wikihow.com/mediate
This is a pretty simple website on meditation, it does not have any religious viewpoints and it is pretty simple for beginners like myself. It has a list of 6 easy steps, and they are straight to the point.

Two interesting Facts:
1. Mediation can work even if you do it for 5 minutes or hours.

2. After you learn to meditate, you will be able to meditate anywhere at anytime.

What happened after you tried each technique?
I found that the breathing technique really helped to relax me, after practicing it a few times – it allowed me to think clearly and I did not find myself ridden with all the daunting thoughts of the day. Like what happened at work, or what I did last week, meditation through focusing on your breathing keeps your mind