Many Varieties of Meditation are Available for Stress, Disease, and Depression Through Relaxation
Most of us who have never meditated or who have always practiced it in a very prescribed manner can learn a great deal by moving beyond our rigid precepts. Beyond the spiritual, there is mounting documentation that regular meditation can reduce stress and support longevity. It’s no longer uncommon for health care professionals like physicians, psychologists, and massage therapists to recommend various types of meditation to their patients and clients.
Courses are available at seminars, retreats, colleges and on-line suggesting that we all need to find a way to expand our inner connection while moving outward into the unknown. We live in a stress-producing society and are often much less physically active than our ancestors. Most of us need to find a way to unwind.
One group, Vipassana, offers free retreats that last ten days and require ten hours a day of meditation. If you know anyone who does that type of inner work you have probably noticed that they look very different “after: than they did “before”…and keep going back. That says something for such a rigorous ritual.
Transcendental Meditation™ can be researched on the web and studied to great advantage according to its proponents. Many have been at it for decades and wouldn’t want to have a day go by without “connecting” in a deep and powerful way.
HeartMath has carefully documented statistics about what can be done to regulate heart rate, blood pressure and even body temperature through their method of meditation. Their system is more data oriented than metaphysical and consistently delivers to those who follow its guidelines.
Some groups are deeply religious in their presentation of meditation. The Catholic Church offers the age-old,
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