FOUNDATIONAL MEDITATION AND ADVANCED BREATH-WORK TECHNIQUES

Foundational meditation refers to the core practices that cultivate awareness, stability, and clarity of mind, often emphasising simple yet powerful techniques such as attention to the breath, bodily sensations and the sensory bodies, and present-moment experience. These practices lay the groundwork for mental discipline by training attention, reducing reactivity, and fostering a balanced relationship with thoughts and emotions. Advanced breath techniques build upon this foundation by working more deliberately with the rhythm, depth, and retention of breath to influence both physiological and mental states. Such techniques are often used to deepen concentration, regulate the nervous system, and access subtler states of awareness, integrating breath as a bridge between body and mind rather than merely an object of observation.