What is meditation? Webster defines mediation as the act or process of spending time in quiet thought. All of us should meditate everyday, yes all of us. This can be difficult for some to find the time to even have to themselves but it is so very necessary for your mind, body, and spirit. When you first start meditating it may be hard to clear your thoughts completely. Don't worry about it, don't beat yourself up about it just continue and go with it. The more you meditate the better you will get at it.
What are the benefits of meditation?
7 Health Benefits of Deep Relaxation
The next time you tune out and switch off and let yourself melt, remind yourself of all the good work the relaxation effect is doing on your body. These are just some of the scientifically proven benefits …1. INCREASED IMMUNITY
Relaxation appears to boost immunity in recovering cancer patients. A study at the Ohio State University found that progressive muscular relaxation, when practised daily, reduced the risk of breast cancer recurrence. In another study at Ohio State, a month of relaxation exercises boosted natural killer cells in the elderly, giving them a greater resistance to tumours and to viruses.
2. EMOTIONAL BALANCE
Emotional balance, means to be free of all the neurotic behavior that results from the existence of a tortured and traumatized ego. This is very hard to achieve fully, but meditation certainly is the way to cure such neurosis and unhealthy emotional states. As one’s consciousness is cleansed of emotionally soaked memories, not only does great freedom abound, but also great balance. As one’s responses then are not colored by the burdens one carries, but are instead true, direct and appropriate.
3. INCREASED FERTILITY
A study at the University of Western Australia found that women are more likely to conceive during periods when they are relaxed rather than stressed. A study at Trakya University, in Turkey, also found that stress reduces sperm count and motility, suggesting relaxation may also boost male fertility.
4. RELIEVES IRRITABLE BOWEL SYNDROME
When patients suffering from irritable bowel syndrome began practising a relaxation meditation twice daily, their symptoms of bloating, diarrhoea and constipation improved significantly. The meditation was so effective the researchers at the State University of New York recommended it as an effective treatment.
5. LOWERS BLOOD PRESSURE
A study at Harvard Medical School found that meditation lowered blood pressure by making the body less responsive to stress hormones, in a similar way to blood pressure-lowering medication. Meanwhile a British Medical Journal report found that patients trained how to relax had significantly lower blood pressure.
6. ANTI-INFLAMATORY
Stress leads to inflammation, a state linked to heart disease, arthritis, asthma and skin conditions such as psoriasis, say researchers at Emory University in the US. Relaxation can help prevent and treat such symptoms by switching off the stress response. In this way, one study at McGill University in Canada found that meditation clinically improved the symptoms of psoriasis.
7. CALMNESS
The simple difference between those who meditate and those who do not, is that for a meditative mind the thought occurs but is witnessed, while for an ordinary mind, the thought occurs and is the boss. So in both minds, an upsetting thought can occur, but for those who meditate it is just another thought, which is seen as such and is allowed to blossom and die, while in the ordinary mind the thought instigates a storm which rages on and on.
Read this full article at http://foodmatters.tv/articles-1/7-health-benefits-of-meditation
Emotional Balance and Calmness, this helps in the behavior management of adults and children. The video we were watching focused on the chakras. Many of us operate from our root chakra (red) and that is where sexual energy, aggressiveness, and other emotions are stored. The goal is to raise our consciousness to the 7th chakra which is enlightenment, or Christ Consciousness, however simply raising it from the root chakra would help with behavior. Why? Many operating from their root chakra are usually sexually promiscuous, may be violent, aggressive, and display counter productive behaviors in an attempt to self-regulate.
Here is a link to test your chakras and it also provides what meditations can be done to open chakras that may be closed, http://www.eclecticenergies.com/chakras/open.php.
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