Meditation Quiz: Which Meditation Technique is Best for You? Find Your Natural Practice.

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Meditation Quiz: What Meditation Technique is Best for You?

Two of the most common reasons people list for why they don’t practice meditation are:

“No idea which technique to use.“
The techniques they’ve tried in the past “didn’t feel right for them personally.”

This meditation quiz will help you find a technique that’s easy and natural for you to practice. One that uses the skills, talents and habits that are already at work in your life.

Once you have your result, we can email you a free guide to your technique that you can keep.

If you’re ready to explore deeper, the Meditation-Mapping Toolkit for your Technique is waiting to help you design a practice that will grow with you over time. You’ll learn to improvise with confidence and adapt your practice to meet any situation…

First Question:

Which of these is most helpful to you when you're learning about something that interests you?

Paying attention to how it works, recognizing patterns, learning the system
Watching a demonstration and/or looking at pictures, infographics and other visual aids
Learning by "doing" (through actual experience) on your own, self-teaching
Having the opportunity to ask as many questions as I need to
Repetition (whether self-teaching or in a class) works best.

Which home would you choose to live in?

a beautiful, well decorated one with your favorite art
one well-designed for functionality and efficiency
one that feels comfortable and relaxing
a quiet one that invites reflection and promotes clarity
one that is great for family, friends and togetherness

When you exercise, what do you pay attention to?

to breath and body movement
to a tv or computer screen
to music
to the sensations in muscles and bones
to thoughts and feelings

Which vacation would you choose?

A cultural city. Outdoor cafes, art galleries, shopping or just looking in the store windows
A learning vacation like a cooking course or language study
A quiet place to get away from it all and get back to yourself.
A spa with saunas and hot tubs, surrounded by hiking trails. Massage every day.
A festive place with music, dancing, great food, warm friendly people

When I'm at my best, I am:

Aware, alert, perceptive of experience
I know who I am, what I want.
I'm full of joy.
I'm energetic, strong and healthy.
I feel beautiful and I see beauty everywhere.

My worst nightmare would be to:

become a couch potato addicted to tv and food
lose awareness and annoy others with oblivious behavior
lose the ability to think for myself
lose my imagination, become like a robot
lose my passion for life and love

Which of these best represents what memories are like for you:

They play in your head like a film.
You "hear" sounds, voices, or remember words
You're more aware of the feeling the memory gives you than the memory itself.
What a memory means to you, what it represents about life, is more prominent than the memory itself.
You remember differently depending on what occurred. If sound was prominent in the experience, sound is what you remember. If feeling was prominent, then you remember feeling.

Which would you be more likely to do at the end of a hard day?

Read
work a puzzle or play a game
watch a film or tv
listen to music
lie down and feel the relief

Which curriculum would you choose to study?

fine arts, architecture and geometry
lab sciences, social sciences and journalism
philosophy, psychology and semantics
political science, languages and music
natural medicine, physics and physical arts

You find your way around by:

a natural, keen sense of direction
a good set of written instructions
verbal instructions
a map
Remembering your way in steps as you go along, using landmarks and other noticeable things

Which of these people inspire you the most?

someone whose words, lyrics, writing or speech moves and influences others.
someone who searches for the truth and stands for what they believe in no matter what
someone who makes beautiful things and inspires others to do so
someone who works in the physical realm- dancers, actors, doctors, athletes , nutritionists
someone whose discoveries and/or inventions help others such as scientists and inventors

Which of these do people thank you for most often?

Noticing subtlety and detail, sharp eye and awareness of what's going on
You always know what to say and can say it well
Your insight and wisdom
Your vivid imagination
Your ability to quickly understand how others feel, what experience is like for them

When doing a simple task such as washing dishes, what do you do?

hum or sing
I tend to get into what I'm doing
I think about my life, decisions I need to make, figure things out
I tend to get great ideas or sometimes just daydream
I tend to get in touch with myself, my moods, how my body feels, my energy level etc.

Someone plays you music that you really enjoy. They're working the stereo, you are free to enjoy. How do you enjoy it?

You're quiet, listen closely, taking it all in, you don't want distraction.
You love the lyrics, or the sounds and maybe sing along.
It's how the music makes you feel, it takes you deeper into yourself, you move to the music.
You close your eyes, as you listen you see images inspired by the sounds and words
The deeper meaning of the music is what you enjoy. It's so amazing that you want to express it, but can't.

You get a whole hour to do nothing. Which would you choose:

take a bath or a walk
study something, such as a new subject you're interested in
talk to, text or email with someone special
catch up on things you need to do, but at a leisurely pace, enjoying yourself
indulge yourself, whatever seems like you'd enjoy the most at the time