Meditation is the skillful means by which you can reduce physical and emotional suffering and increase peace and happiness.
The benefits of meditation lie in its capacity to diminish stress, fear, anger, arrogance, drowsiness, frustration, loneliness, and despair, as well as help heal health problems like high blood pressure and symptoms of chronic pain, psoriasis, premenstrual syndrome, tension headaches, fatigue, and a host of other physical ailments. Other positive benefits of meditation include an increase in happiness, energy, creativity, compassion, kindness, generosity, tolerance, insight, and peace.
Many meditation studies show a positive benefit from using medication in the treatment of chronic illnesses. Fortunately meditation practice has not been associated with any known side‐effects and it’s easy when you know how. There is no risk in trying to meditate.
Have you ever felt like you were a hamster running on an exercise wheel, working very hard, going round and round but never getting anywhere? You chase your dreams, and get what you want only….you still feel like there is something missing?
Today there seems to be a never ending demand on our time…life pressures and stressors seem to fill the day. What is missing in many of our lives is the feeling of living an authentic life…the feeling of being connected physically, emotionally, and spiritually to ourselves and to those around us.
Meditation helps us to focus our attention. It teaches us to become aware of our thoughts, feelings, and sensations and it enables us to understand ourselves without placing judgment. The flow of emotions and thoughts can be changed so that you relate to them in a positive way, creating a state of calmness and relaxation, even when engaged in stressful situations.
Numerous scientific researched studies have been conducted on the powerful benefits of meditation. These include:
- Reducing stress
- Promoting greater clarity of mind
- Maximizing objectivity
- Increasing productivity
- Creating more joy in life
- Accessing greater creativity
- Raising self-confidence
- Enhancing communication skills
- Enhancing your immune system. Research has revealed meditation increases activity of ‘natural-killer cells’, killing bacteria and cancer cells
- Decreasing respiratory rate
- Reducing activity of viruses
- Helping in post-operative healing
So what do you need to get off the wheel of life and on this Personal Journey into yourself?
All you need to take with you is a positive attitude, faith in your future and a strong desire to change.
I like to remember this quote:
“You have the power of the Universe within you, and you can accomplish anything you want if you set your mind to it.”