The Benefits of Meditation

Meditation will calm and clear your mind. With a quiet mind we are more perceptive and our thinking becomes more expansive. The meditative mind sees beyond the walls of convention.

During meditation our minds become quiet allowing our bodies to gain the deep rest necessary to release stress and fatigue.  However, it's important to know when you need to take a nap; meditation is not sleeping. It’s ok to fall asleep when you meditate (well at least don’t be mad at yourself if you do) but it’s even better to take a nap and then meditate later.

During a typical day our bodies store ‘memories’ of both good and bad feelings and thoughts. By the end of a day these ‘stored’ emotions can leave you feeling tired, stressed and sometimes ill. The ‘memories’ are chemicals that build up in our bodies; meditation helps to break them down leaving us feeling happier, lighter and healthier.

The act of meditating gives the body a chance to replenish itself. There are many different kinds of meditation from the simple to the life time study, the deeply spiritual to the quick-fix.

Today doctors are increasingly citing stress as a major factor in such illnesses as:

However, meditation is not simply a program for stress management (though the Western view of it often only presents that aspect) it is much, much more. It's a personal journey. It allows you to re-discover who you really are; it takes you beyond the mind, intellect and ego to let you access your true self.
 

We spend most of our lives looking outside ourselves for answers. We read books, listen to tapes, and attend workshops, hoping an expert will come to our rescue. Meditation allows you to turn your attention in and re-discover your own self; the expert inside you who has all the answers you could ever need. 

Meditation is not an intellectual process, it is very simple and should be effortless, (though this takes quite some practice)…in fact the less you think and intellectualize, the greater your benefits.

Meditation will help you: 

Enrich your life 

Access your true self 

Achieve deep relaxation 

Improve your physical health 

Clear your head and raise your awareness 

Increase creativity and intelligence 

Improve your memory and ability to learn new facts. 

Make you feel more energetic 

Promote inner calm and peace.  

To help you choose the style of meditation that suits you and your lifestyle read my meditation methods page for an overview of the main forms and disciplines.

You'll find some Amazon recommendations, specific to Meditation, in the link below: