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Believe it or not, but we leave in the crazy world where everything is not like it was a just a couple of centuries ago. Our previous generations breathed in unpolluted air, enjoyed clear 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 desperate lives! We consume bad water and extremely harmful soft drinks, stuff our stomachs with junk food, inhale filthy air and live in constant urban noise around us. As for the emotional and nervous stress and strain, it is absolutely insufferable. Our speed of life makes us be in a hurry round the clock, 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 requires some time to relax and restore, what is more, our head requires some rest, too. Unfortunately, the majority of persons realize the fact when they fall seriously ill. Don’t join them! Think ahead and turn to entirely safe and highly effective healing system known for centuries - meditation.

“Did it occur to you that personalities who meditate on a regular basis are more optimistic, healthier and enjoy longer life expectancy than those who don’t?” This utterance is rather common now, but is it true or not?

What it meditation? It is a unique focusing practice where the major task is to slow down the normal whirl of thoughts occupying 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 natural 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 usual medicine it does no fail to forget that individuals have more than a mere ill body. Meditation views persons as unique creatures with an inseparable unity of intellect, body and soul. Meditation teachers understand that you cannot be healthy and content with your life if your head is full of spite, anger and disappointment. The shocking fact is that more and more mainstream doctors prescribe their patients meditation as a way of managing many illnesses. With meditation you can:

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

Meditation is a native activity for every person, that is why it is up to you to make up your mind where you will practice meditation. Some humans choose 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. Concentrate on your breath - keep your attention on the sensation of the stream of air going 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. Concentrate 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 mind free of any dangerous thoughts.

It is wrong to believe that you should always sit during meditation. It is OK to lie down, to stand or even to have a strall. 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 contemporary meditative techniques are the result of years and years of work and mental experiments of men and women 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! Actually, all religious groups turn to meditation in one form or another.

No doubts 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 seing reality as it is. Buddha followers guess that our usual state of mind is very narrow - it is both limited and limiting. Meditation broadens human horizons and makes it possible to reveal our conscious and unconscious possibilities profoundly.

The sad fact is that in spite of its unique history and rich traditions, meditation has been wrongly ignored by the representatives of mainstream medicine and only during the past three decades the medical science focused on the studies of clinical effects of meditation on health. The 1960s started with shocking medical reports of yogis and meditation masters from the mysterious East who could perform 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 launched! The ironical scientific world was shaken when refined scientific instrumentation proved that impossible things are possible! Now doctors 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 turned out to be a valuable means for stress reduction, and what is more, individuals 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 investigation of meditation this activity turned out to be perfect not solely for changing 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, low 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 MD R. Keith Wallace studying Transcendental Meditation found out that during meditation the body receives the most profound rest possible. 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!

Unlike Transcendental Meditation, Taoists think that our emotions are governed by the Fire energy of the heart. When you cannot control your emotions, this fire energy flares upwards and burns 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 consider 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. 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 imaginable. It is wonderful for men and women of all ages and states of health. However, you should know that in humans 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, talk to your mental health practitioner before starting the practice of meditation.

One more necessary point - if you take medicines 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 MD to get your prescription, find a trusted online pharmacy online where you can buy prescription meds no prescription needed legally. Take definite steps to make your life better right now! And let healing mediation be your trusted guide.