yoga - mostly Namaste. And occasionally some Pilates.

i do meditate, but i don't really have a name for it. for me meditation is attaining a certain state of mind, which i can do while walking out on nature trails or sitting in my room in the dark.

In the mornings for a few minutes I write down the dreams I had, just for fun. It is something I do completely alone, when it's still early and quiet, and I've gotten to where I really look forward to it.

I like to spend time outdoors in the sun, like at a quiet park or beach or something and just relax, close my eyes, let my senses absorb all the sounds and smells and the air on my skin and......yeah, try not to fall asleep.

Ummm... not enough. I read a passage or two along the lines of the excerpts in my profile, and then go into a silent / still state. If I'm focusing on a certain issue, I sort of mentalo-visually let it levitate and evaporate.

Centering Prayer, as taught by Contemplative Outreach, seems to resonate with my soul most wonderfully.

Yes I do. I am self taught. So there is no name for it. Every morning upon waking and every night before bed. I go to my special corner for doing this. I get into my posture and start with regulated breathing. Do a quick view of my energy centers/wheels/chakras. Spin them and then just be for a while. Letting thoughts come and go. In the morning I ask for it to be a memorable day, and to be mindful of all I do and all there is around me. At night I tell myself to remember any dreams that may be of importance. From there I go back to the wheels for more fine tuning. After that I've raised in vibration (hopefully) and can now do more specific things. I'll leave it at that. What style that is I don't know. But it works wonders in my life and others I have taught. Breathing is key. In through nose, out through mouth.

I sometimes engage in mindfulness meditation. This involves concentrating on one's awareness of one's inner and outer surroundings. It teaches a person to exist in the moment rather than worrying about the future or ruminating about the past. I find it very relaxing.

Lectio Divina This ancient art is a slow, contemplative praying of the Scriptures which enables the Bible, the Word of God, to become a means of union with God. Lectio Divina is Latin for divine reading, spiritual reading, or "holy reading," and represents a traditional Christian practice of prayer and scriptural reading intended to engender communion with God and to increase in the knowledge of God's Word. It is a way of praying with Scripture that calls one to study, ponder, listen and, finally, pray from God's Word. Here are some resources for Lectio Divina: http://www.valyermo.com/ld-art.html http://www.osb.org/lectio/ http://i.ucc.org/FeedYourSpirit/SpiritCafe/HowtoPraywiththeBible/tabid/89/Default.aspx http://lectio-divina.org/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lectio_Divina With love in Christ.

Zazen, which is Zen meditation and can loosely be thought of as mindfulness and insight meditation and Metabhavana, which comes from the Theravadin tradition.

It depends on what my purpose is. Most of the time I meditate by slowly going up my body from my toes to my head (taking each of my senses - i.e. eyes, ears, mouth, nose, etc. - individually) and completely relaxing everything and just sit in the presence of the Lord and the Lady - not thinking, or praying, or worshipping, but just enjoying being in their presence. (By the way, that is also a good technique to use when you are going to sleep and you have to get up in only a few hours - it rests your body completely leaving only your mind/eyes tired. That may still seem like a problem, but it's better than walking around the next day completely sore, achy, and completely physically exhausted.) I also like to ground and come into my senses, which is basically where I expand all of my senses when I am outside so that I can become much closer to nature than I would be on a typical day/outing. At other times I exchange energies with Father Sky and Mother Earth, both to renew my own energy and to aid my Lord and Lady. To do this I close my eyes and visualize myself as a tree (incredibly detailed until I actually feel like what I'm visualizing). I feel roots spreading out from my feet deep into the ground - the body of Mother Earth - and I imagine hundreds of leaves on my arms at my sides (typically kept about a foot or so away from my sides - not raised up, but so that they're like hanging branches). I feel the warmth of the sun and the breeze blowing by and take in the energy of the sun and the surrounding air to create energy which I then allow to travel down my body into the roots and pass it to the earth. I then breath deep, taking up the firy energy of the earth's core and breath it slowly out through my leaves into the amazing space of Father Sky. I continuously do this allowing myself to join in to the interconnectedness of the world around me and the cycle of energy passing amongst every living thing. Another great way is to simply breath in with gratitude and breath out with love. Every time you breath in, you're taking in air that was created thousands of years ago by our ancestors (humans and vegetation alike) through the diligent work of single-celled organisms all the way to the photosynthesis of the tree. Then I let my breath out loving all of the future generations as I give the plants in years to come my carbon dioxide to breath in so that they, in turn, can create merely one more breath of air for my descendants in generations to come. And sometimes I very simply cleanse my aura. Hope that answers your question.

I am Wiccan, and I pray my own form of the prayer of the heart, which, in Christian tradition, takes the form of the "Jesus Prayer," but which I have adapted to pray to the Goddess I worship. My inspiration for using this prayer form is the life and experiences of the author of "The Way of a Pilgrim," a mystical classic of Orthodox Christianity. Praying the "Jesus Prayer" transformed his life, and it seemed to me that, if it worked for him, it would work for me as well. Guess what; it does. :-D

...have recently started meditating again...using an initiated mantra(m)...

Throughout the day try to be aware of my breath throughout whatever actions i am doing. Sitting meditation includes, deeper meditation on Breath, Meditation on Inner Sound and meditation on the light within third eye chakra.