| Meditation may be unfamiliar to many people, but | | | | method of meditation is probably the most |
| it's been around for over 5,000 years. Although it | | | | effective for many people. Although some will |
| began as a type of religious ritual for the Buddhist, | | | | choose to sit motionless for hours, others don't |
| it has now become a method of well being and | | | | find this necessary. Your meditation should take |
| inner peace used and prescribed by many. The | | | | place in a quiet room where there will be no |
| way meditation works is the person gives their | | | | disturbances. Many choose to sit cross-legged on |
| entire attention to one thing and doesn't think | | | | the floor while others enjoy a recliner. Your eyes |
| about anything else. The goal of this it to relax | | | | can be open, slightly open to allow a little light in or |
| and calm your mind. Of all the forms of tranquility | | | | half open. If you choose to meditate with your |
| and peace available (drugs, alcohol, love, etc.), | | | | eyes closed, make sure there is a light on in the |
| meditation is the most long-lived and permanent. | | | | room so light can get through your eyelids so |
| Meditation as well as meditation techniques is | | | | your brain will remain alert. The purpose behind |
| actually an art of consciousness, where we are | | | | this is that when your eyes are closed, your brain |
| aware of only what we are concentrating on at | | | | begins to shut down and get ready for "sleep |
| the time. There are many different meditation | | | | mode". For meditation to work, you should be |
| techniques available. Although meditation is not yet | | | | relaxed like you are sleeping yet be fully awake. |
| referred to as a science, it is being researched | | | | Another method some like to use is the sit-stand |
| more and more due to some positive results that | | | | methods, which has you sitting quietly for fifteen |
| have been proven in helping with physical | | | | minutes, then standing for two minutes, sitting for |
| problems. One such instance is brain scans | | | | fifteen and so forth for a total of 49 minutes. |
| showing that meditation change the way the brain | | | | This method can be done three or four times |
| is working and feeling. As of yet, this is still in | | | | each day. This method eliminates cramping of the |
| research stages, but different medication | | | | legs, which many experience after sitting for a |
| techniques have been tried for many years with | | | | long time as well as teaching how to meditate in |
| patients dealing with many stress-related ailments. | | | | motion. |
| There are different meditation techniques, each | | | | The use of a recliner also works very well for |
| with their own method and benefits. After you've | | | | meditation. The chair should be reclined in a |
| been doing meditation, you will probably have tried | | | | medium recline and your shoes and socks should |
| a few different meditation techniques and have | | | | be off. Many are able to meditate for up to two |
| found one you like best. The classic setting | | | | hours with recliner method technique. |