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You can think of it or not, but we leave in the insane world where everything is not like it was a just a couple of centuries ago. Our previous generations breathed in unpolluted air, enjoyed clean water and produced natural food. What do we have today? Having the same physiology as it was 4 or 5 generations ago modern humans lead crazy lives! We consume dead water and extremely harmful soft drinks, stuff our bellies with fast food, inhale filthy air and live in constant urban noise around us. As for the emotional and nervous stress and strain, it is absolutely intolerable. Our speed of life makes us be in a hurry on a twenty-four hour basis, we are overworked and stressed in our family lives, we don’t have enough rest and sleep to do extra work and make our carriers. We never give a thought to the fact that our body needs some time to relax and restore, what is more, our head aches for some rest, too. Unfortunately, the main part of men and women realize the fact when they fall seriously ill. Don’t become one of them! Think ahead and turn to entirely safe and highly effective healing system known for centuries - meditation.

“Did it occur to you that persons who meditate every day are more content with their lives, healthier and live longer than those who don’t?” This utterance is rather common now, but is it true or not?

What it meditation? It is a unique concentrating practice where the major task is to slow down the normal whirl of thoughts filling the mind. There are all kinds and sorts of meditation. Maybe you will be stunned to read that a prayer is also a pure meditation as it is. In addition to this kind of concentration natural for all believers there are Transcendental Meditation, mindfulness meditation, Zen meditation, Buddhist meditation and Taoist meditation.

Meditation is the realm of complementary medicine that unlike usual medicine it never forgets that people have more than a mere ailing body. Meditation perceives people as unique creatures possessing an inseparable unity of intellect, body and soul. Meditation teachers know for sure that you cannot be healthy and pleased with your life if your head is filled with hate, anger and misery. The shocking fact is that more and more traditional doctors prescribe their patients meditation as a way of managing definite illnesses. With meditation you can:

- lower your blood pressure;
- improve the general state of humans with angina including their exercise performance;
- let people with asthma breathe easier;
- get rid of insomnia;
- relax after everyday stressful day of life.

Meditation is a natural activity for every human, that is why it is up to you to make up your mind where you will practice meditation. Some people prefer to master meditation at home. It is very simple with all the instructional books and audio CDs available. Others prefer to find a good teacher.

With all its simplicity meditation can offer you many options. There are several approaches to meditation. Here are some tips for you how to meditate.

1. Focus on your breath - keep your attention on the sensation of the stream of air passes in and out of your nostrils. This is so called “mindfulness meditation” - the meditator should learn to be “mindful”, i.e. aware of the present moment of time, but his or her consciousness should be free of any judgments and reactions.

2. Focus on your body - keep your attention on the sensations in your organism: pain, warmth, discomfort, tension etc.

3. Focus on any word or phrase you like - keeping your attention on a word or phrase is called a “mantra”. Its main task is to keep your head free of any harmful thoughts.

It is wrong to think that you should always sit during meditation. It is OK to lie down, to stand or even to walk. If for some reason sitting still is difficult for you, feel free to combine meditation with other practices such as yoga or tai chi - you will get double pleasure and positive effect!

The use of meditation for healing human body and soul is ancient. All contemporary meditative techniques are the product of years and years of work and mental experiments of patients around the world. The healing power of mediation has been known and practiced for thousands of years. Its cornerstone is tradition and religion; its effect is health and inner harmony! To tell you the truth, all religious groups turn to meditation in one form or another.

It is doubtless that of all the religions Buddhism is a “father of meditation” - it is the best known and the most practiced kind of meditation in the world. Buddhists apply the practice of meditation for reaching real wisdom and compassion and for understanding reality as it is. Buddha followers believe that our usual consciousness is very narrow - it is both limited and limiting. Meditation broadens human horizons and makes it possible to reveal our conscious and unconscious possibilities in full measure.

The sad fact is that despite its unique history and rich traditions, meditation has been undeservedly ignored by the representatives of official medicine and only during the past three decades the medical science concentrated on the studies of clinical effects of meditation on health. The 1960s started with stunning medical reports of yogis and meditation masters from the mysterious East who could show extraordinary bodily control and could consciously stay in altered states of their minds - and this is where studies of self-regulation and voluntary control over the autonomic nervous system started! The ironical scientific world was deeply shocked when refined scientific instrumentation proved that incredible things are possible! Now health care professionals specializing in stress-related disorders had a unique way of treatment without awful side effects typical for drug treatments - it was the art of meditation! It proved to be a valuable tool for stress reduction, and what is more, persons and physicians enjoyed both the process of healing meditation and the health benefits available with regular trainings!

But the biggest surprise was still to come! After some time of scientific research of meditation this activity turned out to be perfect not solely for altering the brain’s function in the short term. The medical facts demonstrated that regular practice of meditation has a miraculous long-term positive effect! So, Transcendental Meditation in particular guarantees you a blissful state of relaxation including low heart and perspiration rates, decreased pulse rate, low concentration of cortisol in your blood (it is a major stress hormone) and high activity of the part of your brain responsible for rest and relaxation! Famous practitioner R. Keith Wallace researching Transcendental Meditation found out that during meditation the body gets the most profound rest imaginable. Paradoxically, your brain and mind become clear and more alert - your reactions are faster, your creativity and efficiency is greater and your comprehension of the world is broader!

Unlike Transcendental Meditation, Taoists believe that our emotions are governed by the Fire energy of the heart. When you cannot keep your emotions, this fire energy flares upwards and destroys your life energy and clouds your mind. But you can cope with that! Your willpower, on the contrary, is controlled by the Water energy located in your kidneys. If you do not control this energy, it flows down through your sexual organs, weakening your spirit and dissipating your life. So, Taoists believe that when you sit motionless doing nothing and thinking of nothing, i.e. when you are meditating your Fire and Water are well balanced. Water energy from the kidneys goes up to your head via the Central and Governing channels. At the same time Fire energy from the heart goes down into the Lower Elixir Field in the abdomen. Through this right circulation of two energies and by means of this mental alchemy in the organism your mind becomes calmer, cooler and more controllable, while your sexual energy becomes really enjoyable!

Meditation is probably one of the safest activities possible. It is good for patients of all ages and states of health. However, you should know that in men and women with bad psychiatric problems, there have been a few reports in which regular meditation has worsened the state of their mental health. If you have a psychiatric problem, please, see your mental health professional before starting the practice of meditation.

One more important point - if you take medications on a regular basis never stop taking them before you have completed the course. The truth is meditation cannot give you stable relief at once - in needs some time to work! If you cannot stand standing in line in the waiting room of your MD to get your prescription, find a reliable online drugstore online where you can order prescription drugs no prescription necessary legally. Take definite steps to make your life better right now! And let healing mediation be your trusted guide.