| anapanasati | a Zen practice that involves counting breaths as the object of focus during meditation.
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| koans | unanswerable, illogical riddles used as the object of focus during meditation.
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| mandala | a geometric figure used as the object of focus during meditation.
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| mantra | a word used as the object of focus during meditation.
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| nadam | imagined sounds used as the object of focus during meditation.
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| pranayama | a Hindu practice that involves breathing as the object of focus during meditation.
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| relaxation response | the physiological state achieved when one is relaxed; also called the trophotropic response.
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| transcendental meditation (TM) | a relaxation technique involving the use of a sanskrit word as the object of focus.
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| trophotropic response | the physiological state achieved when one is relaxed; also called the relaxation response.
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