| Meditation looks obscure and odd to an untrained eye, | | | | benefits of meditation for years, Dr. Benson has found |
| and to someone who is not aware of what meditation | | | | scientific evidence that meditation does work. |
| is meditation seems like a shaggy dog story - useless | | | | Raja yoga meditation concentrates on both the self |
| and a big waste of time. Understandably, meditation is | | | | and the mind. And because the mind is one of the |
| not something that someone easily decides to learn. At | | | | most powerful and creative organs in the body, its |
| the same time, it is not something you easily learn. | | | | influence in the body is extravagant. Notwithstanding |
| Regardless though, meditation has been with us for | | | | any ailments, negativity, and stressors that the universe |
| centuries and continues to live strong while slowly | | | | throws at you, with the proper meditation training, you |
| attracting more and more believers. There are a lot of | | | | will be able to rise above all of them and enjoy a quiet, |
| meditation forms, styles, and techniques. Among which | | | | peaceful mind and soul. |
| is the raja yoga meditation. | | | | Raja yoga meditation like any other meditation is said |
| Meditation as a whole uses the soothing power of | | | | to be most effective when done daily. 15 minutes each |
| repetition. The basic idea of meditation is to focus on | | | | morning of pure serenity, relaxing mental exercises and |
| one's breath and repeating a word or a phrase (a | | | | soft repeated chants will give your body all the energy |
| mantra) while disregarding other thoughts. These | | | | and positive liveliness it needs throughout the course of |
| actions bring a relaxation response to the body. This | | | | the day. Both beneficial to the mind and the body itself, |
| pure sense relaxation that the body gets from | | | | practicing meditation will keep you focused and |
| meditation brings wonders to the body - it alleviates | | | | eventually bring good healthy to your body. |
| anxiety, stress, chronic pain, and improves heart health | | | | Although meditation and its proper usage takes time |
| among many others. | | | | and practice to perfect, learning it proves to be |
| "The relaxation response (from meditation) helps | | | | beneficial and helpful not just in a person's daily living |
| decrease metabolism, lowers blood pressure, and | | | | but more important in his health as well. Regular and |
| improves heart rate, breathing, and brain waves," | | | | continuous proper meditation techniques such as the |
| according to Herbert Benson, MD, founder of the Mind | | | | raja yoga meditation will bring peace to both mind and |
| Body Institute at Harvard Medical School's Beth Israel | | | | body... without any doubt. |
| Deaconess Medical Center. Researching on the health | | | | |