If silent meditation makes you feel bored and you cannot control the thoughts during silence, take the help of chanting. The chanting could be of a mantra, a hymn, the simple chant of OM ...

Chanting close chantRepeating religious phrases or quotations from sacred texts. is used as preparation for meditation or as part of meditation itself. Buddhists chant alone or together.

As the world gathers to celebrate the first-ever World Meditation Day, let's have a look at the best mediation techniques for us to practice.