Meditation is a way
to focus your thoughts. With practise you will discover that you can reach a
place of inner peace and relaxation.
Meditation is like a
place between being awake and asleep, a place between consciousness and
unconsciousness.
22 benefits of
meditation:
- Wellbeing
- Stress relief
- Can help against insomnia
- Deeper sleep
- Less sleep needed
- Self healing, faster recovery
- Better confidence
- Get to know oneself better
- Relaxing for the brain
- A road to mindfulness
- Makes it easier to focus
- Reducing depression and anxiety
- Lower stress hormones in the body
- Helps the body to produce endorphins, serotonin, and oxytocin. Which makes us happier.
- Helps against age related diseases.
- Makes immune system stronger.
- Lower blood pressure, better circulation of the blood, pain relief.
- Relaxing for muscles.
- Reduce chronic pain.
- Can help people with drug addiction or eating disorders.
- Lowers the temperature in the body.
- Open up to awareness and spiritual life.
When
you practise meditation you will learn to reduce thoughts of worry and stress
from everyday life. You will find more harmony both physically and mentally.
15-20
minutes of meditation each day can make a big difference in your life.
Meditation
comes from the Latin word "Meditare" that means, bring to the centre.
If you focus your attention inwards while using different methods for
concentration you will go in to meditation. The focus will lead to relaxation
and the relaxation will help you to focus easier. A state of relaxed
concentration.
With
practise you can reach a stage where your thoughts will go quiet and you feel a
oneness with meditation.
Stages
of meditation:
- Pure focus.
- Deeper relaxation.
- Deeper spiritual insight.
Meditation
can make you feel more balanced in life. It can make it easier to handle
difficult situations and you can learn to observe and judge in a more objective
way, which can help to prevent stress.
We
all use meditation unconsciously in life. For example while listening to music,
dancing, or while focusing on something. The difference is the level of
relaxation, focus, impressions and thoughts.
There
is a lot of different kind of meditation here is a few:
- Breathing.
- Mantra.
- Objects.
- Chakra.
- Yoga.
- Abstract.
