Meditation

Meditation works. Studies worldwide demonstrate the power of meditation to create peaceful mental states.

Mediation not only alters heartbeat, blood pressure and hormone levels, it also typically changes brainwave patterns, neurochemistry, and can even activate specific brain centers associated with uplift in mood.

It calms your mind, relaxes your body, soothes your spirit ...all the while training your brain to alleviate the anxiety and depression in your day to day life. In addition, meditation is inexpensive and its risks are minimal.

Meditation usually involves focus as much as it does relaxation. Most forms of mediation create a highly alert and skillful state, and it is that mental resourcefulness that is highly effective in dealing with stress, anxiety, and depression.

Meditation techniques have been around for thousands of years, and there are many forms of mediation practice.  Most forms of meditation are still effective even when taken out of the religious context in which they may have originated.

Anyone can meditate, regardless of religious or cultural background.

Try these suggestions from the Mayo Clinic to get you started:

• Select a meditation technique that fits your lifestyle and belief system. Most people find it best to build meditation into their daily routine.
• Set aside some time. Start with five-minute meditation sessions once or twice a day and work up to 20 minutes each time. Remember, some time spent meditating is always better than none.
• Keep trying, even if you become frustrated. Be kind to yourself as you get started. If you're meditating and your attention wanders, slowly return to your meditation practice.
• Make meditation part of your life. Many people prefer to start and end their day with a period of meditation. Others prefer to take meditation breaks during the day. Experiment and find out what works best for you.

Recommended Products

Insight Program
Powerful audio technology that uses harmonically layered frequencies to induce meditative brainwave patterns,  sending your mind into a deep meditative state. No music, no voice. Incredibly relaxing. Deepens and accelerates meditative practice, but can be used on its own. Vastly cheaper and certainly as effective as the current leader in this field. Insight Program CD.

Neuro-Programmer
An innovative software application that helps you achieve rapid mental change. The Neuro-Programmer combines audio/visual brainwave entrainment with focused psychological techniques, including cognitive-behavioral, NLP and hypnotherapy. Includes special sessions for anxiety and depression. Fascinating, effective, and surprisingly inexpensive. Neuro-Program Your Brain.