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CAN MEDITATION HOLD THE KEY TO TRANSFORMING YOUR LIFE?
Perhaps you are wondering which meditation technique is for you. Or, like most people, you are thinking that you are too busy to incorporate a meditation technique into your busy schedule. The good news is that meditation does not have to be complicated or time consuming. You can reap the benefits of meditation with short, simple meditation techniques such as “Breathing Meditation” or a “Mantra Meditation.” Or, you can just sit back and relax and let Dr. Michelle do all the work, as you listen to one of her guided meditations mp3 recordings.
Once you begin, and commit to, a meditation technique you will be pleasantly surprised by the difference it will make to the quality of your life. Soon you will discover that by taking short meditation breaks, you can quickly feel as refreshed as if you have had a “mini-vacation”.
Additionally, if you stick with your meditation technique over a long time, you will slowly notice negative mental patterns fade away. Eventually, a re-newed sense of vitality will appear as well a burst of creativity that you don’t even realize that you have! Your ability to cope with stress will improve and you will make better decisions, which will lead to increased productivity.
Soon you will see that the time you spend with your meditation technique is actually a wise investment, and will allow you to accomplish more with considerable less time, stress and effort.
I would like to take this opportunity to share with you some of the many known benefits of meditation, regardless of the meditation technique that your choose. It is my wish that scanning this list will motivate you towards incorporating meditation into your own routine and find the right meditation technique that will stay with you for many years.
100 benefits of meditation:
Physiological benefits of traditional meditation and guided meditation techniques:
1- it lowers oxygen consumption.
2- It decreases respiratory rate.
3- It increases blood flow and slows the heart rate.
4- Increases exercise tolerance.
5- Leads to a deeper level of physical relaxation.
6- Good for people with high blood pressure.
7- Reduces anxiety attacks by lowering the levels of blood lactate.
8- Decreases muscle tension
9- Helps in chronic diseases like allergies, arthritis etc.
10- Reduces Pre-menstrual Syndrome symptoms.
11- Helps in post-operative healing.
12- Enhances the immune system.
13- Reduces activity of viruses and emotional distress
14- Enhances energy, strength and vigour.
15- Helps with weight loss
16- Reduction of free radicals, less tissue damage
17- Higher skin resistance
18- Drop in cholesterol levels, lowers risk of cardiovascular disease.
19- Improved flow of air to the lungs resulting in easier breathing.
20- Decreases the aging process.
21- Higher levels of DHEAS (Dehydroepiandrosterone)
22- prevented, slowed or controlled pain of chronic diseases
23- Makes you sweat less
24- Cure headaches & migraines
25- Greater Orderliness of Brain Functioning
26- Reduced Need for Medical Care
27- Less energy wasted
28- More inclined to sports, activities
29- Significant relief from asthma
30- improved performance in athletic events
31- Normalizes to your ideal weight
32- harmonizes our endocrine system
33- relaxes our nervous system
34- produce lasting beneficial changes in brain electrical activity
35- Cure infertility (the stresses of infertility can interfere with the release of hormones that regulate ovulation).
Psychological benefits of traditional meditation and guided meditation techniques:
36- Builds self-confidence.
37- Increases serotonin level, influences mood and behavior.
38- Resolve phobias & fears
39- Helps control own thoughts
40- Helps with focus & concentration
41- Increase creativity
42- Increased brain wave coherence.
43- Improved learning ability and memory.
44- Increased feelings of vitality and rejuvenation.
45- Increased emotional stability.
46- improved relationships
47- Mind ages at slower rate
48- Easier to remove bad habits
49- Develops intuition
50- Increased Productivity
51- Improved relations at home & at work
52- Able to see the larger picture in a given situation
53- Helps ignore petty issues
54- Increased ability to solve complex problems
55- Purifies your character
56- Develop will power
57- greater communication between the two brain hemispheres
58- react more quickly and more effectively to a stressful event.
59- increases one’s perceptual ability and motor performance
60- higher intelligence growth rate
61- Increased job satisfaction
62- increase in the capacity for intimate contact with loved ones
63- decrease in potential mental illness
64- Better, more sociable behavior
65- Less aggressiveness
66- Helps in quitting smoking, alcohol addiction
67- Reduces need and dependency on drugs, pills & pharmaceuticals
68- Need less sleep to recover from sleep deprivation
69- Require less time to fall asleep, helps cure insomnia
70- Increases sense of responsibility
71- Reduces road rage
72- Decrease in restless thinking
73- Decreased tendency to worry
74- Increases listening skills and empathy
75- Helps make more accurate judgments
76- Greater tolerance
77- Gives composure to act in considered & constructive ways
78- Grows a stable, more balanced personality
79- Develops emotional maturity
Spiritual benefits of traditional meditation and guided meditation techniques:
80- Helps keep things in perspective
81- Provides peace of mind, happiness
82- Helps you discover your purpose
83- Increased self-actualization.
84- Increased compassion
85- Growing wisdom
86- Deeper understanding of yourself and others
87- Brings body, mind, spirit in harmony
88- Deeper Level of spiritual relaxation
89- Increased acceptance of oneself
90- helps learn forgiveness
91- Changes attitude toward life
92- Creates a deeper relationship with your God
93- Attain enlightenment
94- greater inner-directedness
95- Helps living in the present moment
96- Creates a widening, deepening capacity for love
97- Discovery of the power and consciousness beyond the ego
98- Experience an inner sense of “Assurance or Knowingness”
99- Experience a sense of “Oneness”
100- Increases the synchronicity in your life
(This list was kindly prepared and posted by Hindus Unsung Hero's on Facebook.)
Depending on the meditation technique that you choose, meditation can be practiced anywhere at anytime! Apart from an MP·3 player and a quiet place, it requires no complicated equipment, and is not difficult to learn. Best of all, meditation techniques have NO negative side effects. Bottom line, there is nothing but positive to be gained from meditation!
With such a huge list of benefits to meditation, the question you should ask yourself is, “why am I not meditating yet?”.
If you need a point to start from, you might consider trying a guided meditation mp3 download from the list above. They are easy to use and can provide you with a good foundation from which to begin your practice.
I hope that reviewing this list gives you a small dose of motivation towards adding simple meditation techniques to your daily routine so that you can experience the many benefits for yourself.