| Meditation
: an enrichment to your soul |
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| | Improvement
of body luster and general health-When your mind focuses on a particular part
of the body, the blood flow to that part increases and cells receive more oxygen
and other nutrients in abundance. Today, many of the film stars and fashion models
include meditation in their daily regimen. | | | |
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in concentration - Many of the athletes and sports professionals regularly employ
meditation methods. Studies have found a direct correlation between concentration
exercises (meditation) and the performance level of sports professionals. Meditation
strengthens the mind, it comes under control and is able to provide effective
guidance to the physical body to effectively execute all its projects. Psychological
exercises are a powerful way of improving concentration and improving mental strength.
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| Health
benefits of Meditation: |
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| Though meditation is usually
recognized as a largely spiritual practice, it also has many health benefits.
The yoga and meditation techniques are being implemented in management of life
threatening diseases; in transformation of molecular and genetic structure; in
reversal of mental illnesses, in accelerated learning programs, in perceptions
and communications beyond the physical, in solving problems and atomic and nuclear
physics; in gaining better ecological understanding; in management of lifestyle
and future world problems. Some benefits of meditation are: |
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| It lowers oxygen consumption. |
| It decreases respiratory rate. |
| It increases blood flow and slows
the heart rate. | | Increases
exercise tolerance in heart patients. | | Leads
to a deeper level of relaxation. | | Good
for people with high blood pressure as it brings the B.P. to normal. |
| Reduces anxiety attacks by lowering
the levels of blood lactate. | | Decreases
muscle tension (any pain due to tension) and headaches. |
| Builds self-confidence. |
| It increases serotonin production
which influences mood and behaviour. Low levels of serotonin are associated with
depression, obesity, insomnia and headaches. |
| Helps in chronic diseases like allergies , arthritis
etc. | | Reduces
Pre- menstrual Syndrome. | | Helps
in post-operative healing. | |
Enhances the immune system. Research has revealed
that meditation increases activity of 'natural-killer cells', which kill bacteria
and cancer cells. | | Also
reduces activity of viruses and emotional distress. | |
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| Benefits
of meditation on Women's health and Pregnancy |
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| Identity of your own - besides daughter,
wife, mother etc.- | |
| Women begin life as someone's
daughter, and then someone's lover, wife, someone's mother. Yes, but who am I-
who am I really? Not only does a woman need an understanding of her body but also
needs to connect with the essence of her true self. A true self, which is an identity
beyond everyday change- beyond gender, beyond fluctuations of hormones, beyond
family expectations and other superimposed personality patterns. Discovering this
true self is not as easy. Just when you know who you are , it all changes again. |
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process of self discovery involves, stripping off false layers of identity, going
back through all the conditionings , realizing- "I am not that, and not that,
and not that", an emptiness out of which arises the realization - "Ah ha! I am
that". | |
| The place for this self discovery
is not the psychiatrist's couch, the matrimonial bed, the mother's group, or even
a yoga retreat, but within your own private meditation times. |
| | Resolve
phobias - | |
| Meditation can help to resolve
the deepest of neuroses, fears and conflict which play their part in causing stress
and ill health. | |
| For mothers-to-be - |
| | Meditation
puts mothers in tune with their babies. After birth, daily meditation becomes
a precious time to refocus and make sense of the many new thoughts and feelings
which can be running through your mind, brought about by the events of childbirth
and new motherhood. Countless benefits
of meditation that can not be ever expressed completely and fully.
I
believe that the most important factors for a healthy life is this modern age=
meditation + clean air + vegetarian and organic food + a great water filter!-see our reviews of the best reverse osmosis system. |
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