Different meditation techniques are available for different situations. Moreover, you may pick any kind of meditation according to your frame of mind
These are:
Concentrating attention on the breath
Trying to control the breath
Worshiping and meditating on the name of God
Trying to control your thoughts so that it can eliminate thought totally and replace it with a general awareness of the present moment
Slowing down your thoughts and imagining a safe place
Transcendental meditation
Kundalini meditation
Practicing mindfulness
Sound meditation
Reading sacred texts
Singing sacred hymns
13 Contemplative meditation
The main focus of all these different types of meditation is to relax the mind and bring calmness to it that is missing from our busy lives
