Praying or the grace of prayer is given or inspired by God… in an attempt by God to allow His Own Creation the opportunity to get to know Him.
Prayer (all prayer) is essentially a conversation with God. And as in any conversation we should think before and during the time we speak and we should think (Meditate or Contemplate) while we listen.
Another means of Conversing is by taking Action…. ie: Body Language says a lot and our Actions Speak louder then words.
Prayer does and should take on many forms which are all related, in that, the end result should be a closer relationship with God and thereby a continually improving relationship with our fellowman.
That two or more “types” of prayer may be taking place at the same time within the same situation is not unusual, and even desirable.