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Meditation Techniques. There are thousands of meditation techniques from many different traditions, but all could be classified as belonging to either one or a combination of five types: 1  Concentration Meditation. 2  Mindfulness Meditation. 3  Reflective Meditation. 4  Creative Meditation. 5  Heart-Centered Meditation.
The left images show the brain during concentrative meditation, while images to the right show the brain during nondirective meditation. Credit: Norwegian University of Science and Technology. Humans have meditated for thousands of years, for religious purposes or just to quiet the mind. There are many meditation techniques but for the most part they can be lumped into two broad categories: non directive (mind wanders freely) and concentrative (suppresses random thoughts).