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About Meditation (FAQs)While a number of meditation techniques exist, they all essentially seek a similar outcome -- to clear the mind and enhance awareness. The practitioner directs attention to the breath, a chant, an image, or other ways of focusing in order to create a relaxed state empty of internal chatter. In the course of doing so, a committed meditator will find increased health, clarity in life choices, an ability to navigate stress more easily and experience a fuller life. Mystics have been doing it for centuries. Finally, in the last quarter century medical science is validating the positive effects of meditation through clinical research! HOW DOES IT WORK? When the breath is used consciously and breathing is optimal, it has physiological advantages. Blood circulates and the body is cleansed of toxins. Cells thrive. The nervous system is toned and pain or tension is significantly reduced or dissipates altogether. With mental focus, meditation relaxes the emotional centers of the brain releasing hormones that nurture the entire body. The immune system is enhanced and the brain enters the alpha state where healing is most likely to occur. A clearing takes place that allows the practitioner to tap into insights, which move toward increased emotional and physical health. The hemispheres of the brain are balanced and sounder life choices are possible. Clinical research has found regular meditation practice to positively affect such health challenges as depression, anxiety and addiction; all the way to hypertension, cancer and chronic fatigue. The practitioner may often have experiences that take them beyond themselves to connect with others, and the entire Cosmos, in ways that provide a profound spiritual foundation. Thus, they find increased meaning in life as a whole. HOW CAN I GET INVOLVED? Many books and tapes exist on meditation. It's possible to teach yourself to meditate or you may want to join a class. You may choose to take advantage of the power of a group meditation. Even people who meditate regularly find that a group setting profoundly enhances their practice.
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