Scientifically speaking, it is one of the best days in the year to get in an intense meditation session.
Mahashivratri is the time of the year when the Earth's centrifugal force (outward pushing force) is at its peak. As the Earth rotates on this day, it is pushing your physical (and spiritual) body towards the outward direction.
The physical effect is a slightly increased blood flow towards your brain, throughout the day.
The spiritual effect is an increased perception.
Here are your options :-
Use a meditation app like Calm or Headspace. (I'm personally not a fan)
Vocal AUM chanting (or as people wrongly call it - OM chanting) for 20 mins - one of the purest and strongest forms of meditation.
Transcendental Meditation - 20 mins of chanting any short mantra within your mind. Any short prayer that you can chant in one single breath. It doesn't even necessarily have to be a prayer. It can just be a 2 syllable word - "Hope" , "Nature" , "Happy.
But if you want to chant a Shiv specific mantra, these are your options for the day - "Aum namo shivaay" "Shi-Va"
While doing TM, make sure you don't move your tongue while thinking of the mantra. You don't have to pronounce it perfectly, you just have to have the 'idea' of the mantra in your mind. Ideally do this on an empty stomach.
Remember, it's not about emptying your mind or thinking about anything in particular. It's about getting your physical body to meditate for 20 minutes.
Good luck!
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Scientifically speaking, it is one of the best days in the year to get in an intense meditation session.
Mahashivratri is the time of the year when the Earth's centrifugal force (outward pushing force) is at its peak. As the Earth rotates on this day, it is pushing your physical (and spiritual) body towards the outward direction.
The physical effect is a slightly increased blood flow towards your brain, throughout the day.
The spiritual effect is an increased perception.
Here are your options :-
But if you want to chant a Shiv specific mantra, these are your options for the day - "Aum namo shivaay" "Shi-Va"
While doing TM, make sure you don't move your tongue while thinking of the mantra. You don't have to pronounce it perfectly, you just have to have the 'idea' of the mantra in your mind. Ideally do this on an empty stomach.
Remember, it's not about emptying your mind or thinking about anything in particular. It's about getting your physical body to meditate for 20 minutes.
Good luck!