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Believe 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 ancestors breathed in unpolluted air, enjoyed pure 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 mad lives! We consume bad water and extremely harmful soft drinks, stuff our mouths 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 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 realize the fact that our body needs some time to relax and restore, what is more, our head requires some rest, too. Unfortunately, the majority of men and women 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 persons who meditate on a regular basis are more optimistic, healthier and enjoy longer life expectancy than those who don’t?” This utterance is rather usual today, 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 stream of thoughts occupying the mind. There are all kinds and sorts of meditation. Maybe you will be amazed to find out that a prayer is also a pure meditation as it is. In addition to this kind of concentration clear 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 mainstream medicine it does no fail to forget that people have more than a mere sick body. Meditation perceives individuals as unique creatures with an inseparable unity of intellect, body and soul. Meditation teachers realize that you cannot be healthy and pleased with your life if your head is full of hate, anger and hopelessness. The interesting fact is that more and more conventional doctors recommend their patients meditation as a way of managing a number of health disorders. With meditation you can:

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

Meditation is a inherent activity for every human, that is why it is up to you to decide where you will practice meditation. Some humans prefer to master meditation at home. It is very simple with all the instructional books and audio CDs available. Others choose 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 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 mind 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 general task is to keep your head free of any distracting thoughts.

It is wrong to think 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 modern meditative techniques are the result of years and years of work and mental experiments of individuals 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 apply 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 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 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 completely.

The stunning truth is that despite its unique history and rich traditions, meditation has been undeservedly ignored by the representatives of traditional 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 surprising medical reports of yogis and meditation masters from the mysterious East who could demonstrate 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 squeamish scientific world was shaken when refined scientific instrumentation proved that unbelievable 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, patients 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 produces 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, decreased 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 researching 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 comprehension of the world is broader!

As distinct from Transcendental Meditation, Taoists believe that our emotions are governed by the Fire energy of the heart. When you cannot control your emotions, this fire energy flares upwards and devours your life energy and confuses your mind. But you can manage 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 obviously one of the safest activities imaginable. 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 issue, please, ask your mental health professional before starting the practice of meditation.

One more essential point - if you take medications on a regular basis never stop taking them before you have completed the course. The point is meditation cannot give you stable relief at once - in requires some time to work! If you cannot bear queuing up in the waiting room of your doctor to get your prescription, find a reliable online pharmacy 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 reliable guide.