MEDITATION

 

 

 

WHAT IS MEDITATION ?

 

The term meditation refers to a variety of practices and techniques designed to promote relaxation.

 

TYPES OF MEDITATION

 

CONCENTRATION

 

Different types of techniques to help you gain concentration

1. Zen meditation

2. Transcendental Meditation

3. Om meditation

4. Shine Meditation or Samadhi

5. Chakra Meditation

 

 

REFLECTIVE

 

Different types of questions or reflective ideas to focus on

1. Who am I?

2. What is the true purpose of my life?

3. What is my role in this universe?

4. How can I help remove the sufferings of others?

 

 

MINDFULNESS

 

Different types of techniques in this category

1. Vipassana meditation

2. Deep breathing meditation

3. Body scan meditation

4. Visualization meditation

5. Mindful breathing

6. Mindful eating

7. Sitting Meditation

8. Walking Meditation

 

BENEFITS OF MEDITATION

 

Physiological benefits

 

1- lowers oxygen consumption

2- decreases respiratory rate

3- increases blood flow

4- Increases exercise tolerance

5- deeper level of physical relaxation

6- decreases high blood pressure

7- Reduces anxiety attacks

8- Decreases muscle tension

9- Helps in chronic diseases

10- Reduces Pre-menstrual Syndrome symptoms

11- Helps in post-operative healing

12- Enhances immune system

13- Reduces activity of viruses

14- Increases energy level

15- Helps weight loss

16- Reduction of free radicals

17- High skin resistance

18- lowers risk of cardiovascular disease

19- Improved flow of air to the lungs

20- Decreases the aging process

21- High levels of DHEAS

22- controlled pain

23- decrease sweat

24- ease headaches / migraines

25- Increase Brain Functioning

26- Reduced Need for Medical Care

27- Less energy wasted

28- More inclined to engaged in activities

29- relief from asthma

30- improved performance in athletic

31- helps maintain weight

32- endocrine system

33- relaxes nervous system

34- produce changes in brain electrical activity

35- helps infertility

36- Helps in sexual energy

 

 

Psychological benefits

 

1- Increases serotonin level, influences mood and behavior

2- Resolve phobias / fears

3- Helps control own thoughts

4- Helps with focus & concentration

5- Increase creativity

6- Increased brain wave coherence

7- Improved learning ability and memory

8- Increased feelings of vitality and rejuvenation

9- Increased emotional stability

10- improved relationships

11- Mind ages at slower rate

12- Easier to remove bad habits

13- Develops intuition

14- Increased Productivity

15- Improved relations at home & at work

16- Able to see the larger picture in a given situation

17- Helps ignore petty issues

18- Increased ability to solve complex problems

19- Purifies your character

20- Develop will power

21- greater communication between the two brain hemispheres

22- react more quickly and more effectively to a stressful event

23- increases one’s perceptual ability and motor performance

24- higher intelligence growth rate

25- Increased job satisfaction

26- increase in the capacity for intimate contact with loved ones

27- decrease in potential mental illness

28- Better, more sociable behavior

29- Less aggressiveness

30- Helps in quitting smoking, alcohol addiction

31- Reduces need and dependency on drugs, pills & pharmaceuticals

32- Need less sleep to recover from sleep deprivation

33- Require less time to fall asleep, helps cure insomnia

34- Increases sense of responsibility

35- Reduces road rage

36- Decrease in restless thinking

37- Decreased tendency to worry

38- Increases listening skills and empathy

39- Helps make more accurate judgements

40- Greater tolerance

41- Gives composure to act in considered & constructive ways

42- Grows a stable, more balanced personality

43- Develops emotional maturity

 

 

Spiritual benefits

 

1- Helps keep things in perspective

2- Provides peace of mind, happiness

3- Helps you discover your purpose

4- Increased self-actualization

5- Increased compassion

6- Growing wisdom

7- Deeper understanding of yourself and others

8- Brings body, mind, spirit in harmony

9- Deeper Level of spiritual relaxation

10- Increased acceptance of oneself

11- helps learn forgiveness

12- Changes attitude toward life

13- Creates a deeper relationship with your God

14- Attain enlightenment

15- greater inner-directedness

16- Helps living in the present moment

17- Creates a widening, deepening capacity for love

18- Discovery of the power and consciousness beyond the ego

19- Experience an inner sense of “Assurance or Knowingness”

20- Experience a sense of “Oneness”

21- Increases the synchronicity in your life

 

 

 

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