Meditation techniques

Meditation has been practiced since five thousand years ago, in India. Meditation spread further throughout the eastern world at the time of Buddha, who espoused meditation. Still commonly practiced in the east, about fifty years ago it spread to the west, and popularized as Transcendental Meditation. It has become commonly accepted as a mental and physical stress reducer, with proven health benefits. The Mayo Clinic provides information at: http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/meditation/HQ01070 Now there are new, Hi-Tech meditation techniques that involve inducing meditation-type (alpha and theta) brainwaves that produce similar effects and health benefits. It is not clear if the mechanisms that produce the benefits are identical, but current studies are confirming that these “brain wave entrainment” techniques offer promising results. See more information, and a free sample of this at the website: http://www.omharmonics.com/ Yoga and biofeedback are also known to similarly affect brain wave patterns. All of these methods appear to help reduce stress-produced cortisol, and increase the production of health enhancing hormones. The evidence points to an almost universal benefit of meditation; it appears advisable for everyone to include meditation into their daily regimen. Finally, prayer is similar to meditation in many ways, in that it too has been found to reduce the physiological effects of stress. And of course it has the advantage of seeking God’s guidance and assistance. Prayer, it would appear, is the “technique” of choice to accentuate the positive and eliminate the negative.