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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 inhaled fresh air, enjoyed crystal 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 crazy lives! We consume unclean water and extremely harmful soft drinks, stuff our stomachs with harmful food, breathe in awful air and hear constant urban noise around us. As for the emotional and nervous tension, it is absolutely intolerable. Our speed of life makes us be in a hurry on a twenty-four hour basis, 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 aches for some rest, too. Unfortunately, the bulk of individuals realize this simple truth when they fall seriously ill. Don’t join them! Think ahead and try entirely safe and highly effective practice known for centuries - meditation.

“Did it occur to you that men and women who meditate on a regular basis are more content with their lives, healthier and live longer than those who don’t?” This utterance is rather common these days, but is it true or not?

What it meditation? It is a unique concentrating practice where the vital task is to slow down the normal whirl of thoughts occupying the mind. There are all kinds and types of meditation. Maybe you will be shocked 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 conventional medicine it never forgets that patients have more than a mere ailing body. Meditation views individuals as unique creatures having an inseparable unity of intellect, body and soul. Meditation teachers understand that you cannot be healthy and pleased with your life if your brain is full of spite, anger and hopelessness. The intriguing fact is that more and more usual doctors prescribe their patients meditation as a way of managing definite health troubles. With meditation you can:

- lower your blood pressure;
- improve the general state of humans with angina including their exercise performance;
- let patients with asthma breathe easier;
- get rid of insomnia;
- restore after everyday disastrous day of life.

Meditation is a native activity for every human, that is why it is up to you to make up your mind where you will practice meditation. Some people choose to master meditation at home. It is very simple with all the instructional books and audio CDs available. Others prefer to learn from a good teacher.

With all its simplicity meditation can offer you a number of 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 mind should be free of any judgments and reactions.

2. Concentrate on your body - keep your attention on the feelings in your organism: 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 mind free of any distracting 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 rather old. All present-day meditative approaches are the result of years and years of work and mental experiments of patients around the world. The healing power of mediation has been known and practiced 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 sort of meditation in the world. Buddhists apply the practice of meditation for reaching real wisdom and compassion and for seing reality as it is. Buddha followers guess that our usual consciousness is very narrow - 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 stunning truth is that in spite of its unique history and rich traditions, meditation has been unfairly ignored by the representatives of mainstream 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 started! The ironical scientific world was deeply shocked when refined scientific instrumentation proved that impossible things can happen! 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 means for stress reduction, and what is more, men and women 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 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, 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 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 ruled 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 ruining 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. Through this right circulation of two energies and by means of 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 possible. It is useful for humans of all ages and states of health. However, you should know that in persons 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, ask your mental health practitioner before starting the practice of meditation.

One more vital 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 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 pharmacy online where you can purchase pills no prescription needed legally. Take definite steps to make your life better right now! And let healing mediation be your trusted guide.