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Friday, May 15, 2009

A Look into Meditation Techniques

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By Amanda Gamdana

Here in this article, you can take a look at how resorting to meditation and yoga can help you. What we need to assure you is that these are simple techniques which can be learned and practiced by anyone - they don't take up too much time either. Though it is an age old practice, it is very much in use today as well and people from all over the world swear by it. The main thing about meditation is being able to focus mentally on something so that the mind becomes relaxed, calm and peaceful.

Mediation can be performed in various ways: silent meditation, chanting, listening to chants or other soothing music meant for meditation. You could focus on an external object like a painting or you could internalize it and focus on your posture or your breathing. No matter what the approach used, a quiet environment and a fixed uninterrupted time span will be required.

Choose the place, choose the chant or object you want to focus on and then find a comfortable position - not lying down which could have you falling asleep in that relaxed state. The main goal is to master a mindfulness state, where you are able to be completely aware of everything that is going on around you, but you are detached from all of your immediate surroundings, similar to a light state of trance. The majority of people's experience with mediation has been limited to the Alpha State.

Among several religions, meditation is a very important spiritual practice, which includes Jewish, Sufism and Christian mystical tradition. Buddhism uses the technique to control one's mind and to draw within oneself in an endeavor to attain enlightenment. This can be practiced in any posture: squatting, standing, walking or lying down, while the sitting or squatting position or 'zazen' is the most widely recommended posture.

In relationship to meditating, there are several psychological and physical benefits that have been documented, several of them arising out of a research project that was conducted by Professor Herbert Benson at the Harvard Medical School. Just twenty minutes is enough to make a visible difference in controlling your blood pressure, your heart and breathing rate and you metabolism. If you are fortunate enough to reach deep states you will start seeing psychedelic colors, mental imagery and also hear your internal voice. Studies have demonstrated that meditation can aid in relieving stress, anxiety, migraine and headaches, depression, insomnia, fatigue and chronic pain.

As this practice leads to happier, healthier and greater self-awareness, other advantages begin to ensue including, higher intuition, enhanced mental functioning, and access to unconscious abilities and resources.

Meditation has been used through the ages as a means to attain better spiritual planes but today it is finding a great use to manage the stress and tensions that abound in the modern world. By combining daily meditation and yoga, one can indeed achieve a stress free life.

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