A process which uses various techniques to help individuals improve their self-awareness: Active meditation therapy procedures have included breathing, movements, visualizations, and exercises.

Often, active mediations are guided by instructors, and feedback between students and instructors are considered important to the processes.

Active meditation involves a series of tensing and then relaxing all of the muscles in the body, usually starting with the head and moving down to the feet.

The use of active meditation is considered a safe treatment and it is often useful in connection with other forms of therapy.