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You can think of it or not, but we leave in the mad world where everything is not like it was a just a couple of centuries ago. Our forefathers breathed in fresh air, enjoyed clear water and grew 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 unclean water and extremely harmful soft drinks, stuff our stomachs with junk food, breathe in smoky 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 24/7, we are overworked and downtrodden in our family lives, we don’t have enough rest and sleep to do extra work and make our carriers. We never realize the fact that our body needs some time to relax and restore, what is more, our head needs some rest, too. Unfortunately, the majority of persons realize the fact when they fall seriously ill. Don’t become one of them! Think ahead and try totally safe and highly effective healing system known for centuries - meditation.

“Did it occur to you that people who meditate on a regular basis are more content with their lives, healthier and enjoy longer life expectancy than those who don’t?” This utterance is rather hackneyed today, but is it true or not?

What it meditation? It is a unique focusing practice where the main 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 find out that a prayer is also a pure meditation as it is. In addition to this kind of focusing familiar for all believers there are Transcendental Meditation, mindfulness meditation, Zen meditation, Buddhist meditation and Taoist meditation.

Meditation is the realm of alternative medicine that unlike conventional medicine it does no fail to forget that patients have more than a mere ailing body. Meditation views men and women as unique creatures possessing an inseparable unity of intellect, body and soul. Meditation teachers understand that you cannot be healthy and happy with your life if your head is full of hatred, anger and disappointment. The shocking fact is that more and more traditional doctors prescribe their patients meditation as a way of managing certain diseases. With meditation you can:

- lower your blood pressure;
- improve the general state of people with angina including their exercise performance;
- let personalities with asthma breathe freely;
- forget about insomnia;
- restore after everyday stressful day of life.

Meditation is a inherent activity for every human, that is why it is up to you to make up your mind where you will practice meditation. Some men and women 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 prompts for you how to meditate.

1. Concentrate on your breath - keep your attention on the feeling 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 body: 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 general task is to keep your head free of any distracting thoughts.

It is wrong to believe that you should always sit during meditation. It is normal 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 not new. All present-day meditative techniques are the result of years and years of work and mental experiments of personalities around the world. The healing power of mediation has been known and used 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 type of meditation in the world. Buddhists use the practice of meditation for reaching real wisdom and compassion and for perceiving reality as it is. Buddha followers think that our ordinary consciousness is very shallow - 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 wrongly ignored by the representatives of conventional medicine and only during the past thirty years the medical science concentrated on the studies of clinical effects of meditation on health. The 1960s started with amazing 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 squeamish scientific world was deeply shocked when refined scientific instrumentation proved that impossible things exist! Now health care professionals specializing in stress-related disorders had a unique way of treatment without ruinous 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, patients and physicians enjoyed both the process of healing meditation and the health benefits available with regular trainings!

But the greatest surprise was still to come! After some time of scientific research of meditation this activity turned out to be perfect not solely for changing the brain’s function in the short term. The medical data demonstrated that regular practice of meditation has a miraculous long-term positive effect! So, Transcendental Meditation in particular guarantees you a healthy 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 doctor R. Keith Wallace researching Transcendental Meditation revealed that during meditation the body gains 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 view of the world is broader!

In contrast to Transcendental Meditation, Taoists consider that our emotions are ruled by the Fire energy of the heart. When you cannot keep your emotions, this fire energy flares upwards and devours your life energy and confuses 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 think that when you sit motionless doing nothing and thinking of nothing, i.e. when you are meditating your Fire and Water are in harmony. 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. By means of this right circulation of two energies and through this mental alchemy in the body 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 wonderful for men and women of all ages and states of health. However, you should know that in individuals with bad psychiatric issues, 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 necessary point - if you take meds on a regular basis never stop taking them before you have completed the course. The truth is meditation cannot give you stable relief immediately - in needs some time to work! If you cannot stand standing in line in the waiting room of your physician to get your prescription, find a reliable internet pharmacy online where you can purchase medications without a prescription legally. Take definite steps to make your life better right now! And let healing mediation be your best guide.