What
is meditation?
Meditation is an ancient relaxation
technique which has gained more and more scientific
backing in recent times for its many health and
stress-reducing qualities. However,
it is well known to have many other benefits -
such as in the areas of personal development,
clarity of mind, balancing emotions, increasing
creativity and intuition, and many others.
Millions
of people all over the world meditate, and there
are many different methods of meditation, as well
as varying depths of meditation - though
it's generally accepted that the deeper states
provide the maximum benefits from the technique
- which happen to be the most difficult states
to attain.
Meditation
is now taught in many hospitals around the world
as a supplementary treatment, and has been
widely accepted in the health industry, business
and sporting worlds as being a powerful relaxation
and stress management tool.
New
scientific
research is coming out all the time
revealing new ways that meditation benefits the
mind, body and spirit, though these usually reveal
facts that long-time users of this powerful technique
have already known for many, many years.
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What
is the most recent scientific research on meditation?
April
2008
According to a review study from the American
Journal of Hypertension, meditation may help people
lower their blood pressure.
Researchers
reviewed nine studies to see how blood pressure
levels were affected by meditation. In all of
the studies, people with high or high-normal blood
pressure who practiced meditation were able to
lower their blood pressure compared to people
who didn’t meditate. The average drop was 4.7
mm Hg systolic and 3.2 mm Hg diastolic pressure.
Lowering your blood pressure can reduce your risk
of stroke, atherosclerosis (narrowed arteries)
and heart damage.
March
2008
Neuroscientist
Dr Shanida Nataraja Shanida Nataraja' PHD and
post-doctoral research at the neuroscience department
of Johns Hopkins School Of Medicine, Baltimore,
has proved meditation does more than clear your
head - it can put both halves of your brain to
work, improving your concentration, memory and
decision-making.
March
2008
An
eight-week study led by Dr. Toneatto, a senior
scientist in the Clinical Research Department
at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health,
evaluated the effects of daily meditation among
17 undergraduates. After a pre and post-assessment
of depression, somatic stress, and anxiety, findings
concluded that these participants reported lower
rates of anxiety, depression, and somatic stress,
over an eight-week experimental period. “Those
that suffer from depression and anxiety are convinced
that their negative beliefs about themselves are
self-fulfilling prophecies. With meditation as
a form of cognitive- behavioural treatment the
goal is to realize that just because you have
these beliefs doesn’t mean they are true—the same
can be applied to problem gamblers,” Toneatto
explained.
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January 2008
Meditation
is fast becoming a more widely endorsed treatment
for conditions such as insomnia and anxiety, according
to a new body of empirical research released today
from Harvard, Yale and MIT. Following on from
the range of scientific research into the benefits
of meditation and the positive psychological and
physiological elements of the practice, many mainstream
physicians are recommending that patients suffering
from sleep deprivation or nervous conditions undertake
a process of meditation as a self-help remedy,
which is helping the treatment win new fans the
world over.
This means meditation's medical credentials are
now making it more mainstream after having previously
been seen as a purely alternative treatment, with
more and more physicians beginning to adopt and
endorse the findings of research into meditation,
and it looks likely to continue to grow in popularity
over the coming years.
The
news follows recent high profile research from
Harvard, Yale and MIT that found a correlation
between brain size and meditation, leading to
the conclusion that meditation can actually help
increase the size of certain areas of the brain
as compared to those that don’t meditate and have
never done so.
"Our
data suggest that meditation practice can promote
cortical plasticity in adults in areas important
for cognitive and emotional processing and well-being,"
said top neurologist Dr. Sara Lazar, leader of
this research project at Harvard University.
It
has been suggested that there is a clear physiological
benefit to meditation in achieving greater relaxation
and improving sleep, and it was stated there is
a voluminous amount of literature about meditation
research and study all pointing to the conclusion
that it is beneficial for the human body, spirit
and mind, but that it was a surprise that it has
taken this long for medical science at a practitioner
level to adopt treatment by meditation after people
across the world have testified to its effectiveness
for thousands of years on a spiritual and physical
level.
January
2008
Researchers
at the University of Wisconsin in Madison studied
meditation and brain scans showed surprising differences
in brain waves with patients who had clinical
depression, after just weeks of meditation.
December
2007
Any condition that's caused or worsened by stress
can be alleviated through meditation, says cardiologist
Herbert Benson, MD, well known for three decades
of research into the health effects of meditation.
He is the founder of the Mind/Body Institute at
Harvard Medical School's Beth Israel Deaconess
Medical Center.
"The
relaxation response [from meditation] helps decrease
metabolism, lowers blood pressure, and improves
heart rate, breathing, and brain waves,"
Benson says. Tension and tightness seep from muscles
as the body receives a quiet message to relax.
There's
scientific evidence showing how meditation works.
In people who are meditating, brain scans called
MRI have shown an increase in activity in areas
that control metabolism and heart rate. Other
studies on Buddhist monks have shown that meditation
produces long-lasting changes in the brain activity
in areas involved in attention, working memory,
learning, and conscious perception.
Some
research on meditation's benefits:
Heart
Health: Countless studies have looked at meditation
and heart health. Regular practice has been shown
to significantly help high blood pressure over
the long term, according to government-sponsored
studies conducted at the College of Maharishi
Vedic Medicine in Fairfield, Iowa. Among those
studies, one showed significant lowering of blood
pressure and heart rate in black adults.
Also,
a study in the American Journal of Hypertension
showed that teenagers who meditated for 15 minutes
twice a day for four months were able to lower
their blood pressure a few points.
Immune
Booster: Meditation also helps ward off illness
and infections. In one study testing immune function,
flu shots were given to volunteers who had meditated
for eight weeks and to people who didn't meditate.
Blood tests taken later showed the meditation
group had higher levels of antibodies produced
against the flu virus, according to the study
in Psychosomatic Medicine.
Women's
Health: Premenstrual syndrome (PMS), infertility
problems, and even breastfeeding can be improved
when women meditate regularly. In one study, PMS
symptoms subsided by 58% when women meditated.
Another study found that hot flashes were less
intense among meditating women.
Women
struggling with infertility had much less anxiety,
depression, and fatigue following a 10-week meditation
program (along with exercise and nutrition changes);
34% became pregnant within six months. Also, new
mothers who meditated on images of milk flowing
from their breasts were able to more than double
their production of milk.
Monks
who practiced Buddhist meditation had evidence
of significantly greater brain activity, called
gamma wave activity, in areas associated with
learning and happiness compared with those who
didn't practice meditation, according to a recent
study.
Gamma
waves involve mental processes including attention,
memory, learning, and conscious perception. The
monks also showed higher activity in areas associated
with positive emotions, like happiness.
"There's no doubt from the
standpoint of research and my own clinical experience
that meditation can reduce both the experience
of pain and help people manage stress resulting
from having pain," Chapman said. Meditation
is a therapy offered in all comprehensive pain
centers, he says.
August
28 2007
New
Haven, CT - A team of Yale researchers have found
yoga - which is a form of meditation - to be an
effective treatment for high blood pressure, one
of the America's most common illnesses.
July
09, 2007
SCIENCE
can finally prove what Buddhists have sworn by
for centuries - meditation really does sharpen
and clear the brain.
Tests by Adelaide researchers have revealed that
as people go further into a deep meditative state,
their brain rhythms shift into a pattern of focus.
This
supports long-standing beliefs that the practice
can improve concentration levels and alertness
in daily activities.
Scientists
at the Flinders Medical Centre's Centre for Neuroscience
have completed the first scientific demonstration
of brain activity changes in distinct meditative
states. The
test used electroencephalography (EEG), which
relies on electrodes placed on the scalp.
The
results, to be reported at the World Congress
of Neuroscience in Melbourne, showed clear changes
in brain activity as subjects progressed deeper
into meditative states.
Alpha
brainwaves, which are associated with focus and
attention, initially increased and delta brainwaves,
linked to drowsiness, decreased. As
participants went further into mediation the alpha
brainwaves, too, started to decrease, as the brain
no longer needed to make an effort to be alert.
"So
instead of becoming increasingly drowsy, they
apparently become more alert,'' PhD researcher
Dylan DeLosAngeles said.
"This
supports the idea that meditation may help your
day-to-day concentration.'' Meditation
was developed more than 2500 years ago as a way
to explore consciousness and a discipline to help
people achieve a more beneficial state of mind.
The research will be presented at the International
Brain Research Organisation's annual world congress
starting this week.
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June 2007
Tucson,
Arizona
A study has found for the first time that there
is evidence that daily meditation appears to improve
memory loss and may strengthen parts of the brain
affected by Alzheimer's disease.
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June 2007
Meditation
is among the most commonly used alternative therapies
in the world, practiced by millions of individuals
to reduce stress and anxiety, improve concentration,
and even lower blood pressure - and at the Alzheimer’s
Association International Conference on the Prevention
of Dementia in Washington, D.C., results from
a University of Pennsylvania study were unveiled
confirming for the first time that daily
practice of meditation can improve cognitive function
among individuals with memory complaints.
Researchers began their investigation by conducting
a series of neurological and memory tests on each
subject, who ranged in age from 52-70, with either
a history of memory complaints or a diagnosis
of mild cognitive impairment. Single Photon Emission
Computed Tomography (SPECT) scans, a brain imaging
technique which measures cerebral blood flow,
were also conducted on each subject. Testing
confirmed statistically significant improvements
in memory among all of the study's subjects, but
the most significant outcome of the study was
the dramatic increases in blood flow to the region
of the brain associated with learning and memory
(the first region of the brain to decline
in individuals diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease,
which helps to explain why the blood flow-producing
meditation has such a profound impact on cognitive
functioning).
“This exciting study confirms what we have been
observing in clinical practice for many years,
that meditation is one of the most effective
tools to address memory loss,” said Dharma Singh
Khalsa, M.D., president and medical director of
the Alzheimer’s Research and Prevention Foundation,
the non-profit organization which sponsored
the study. “While we are planning additional research
in this area, we can say today with confidence
that daily meditation is recommended as part of
an integrated brain longevity strategy to delay,
even prevent, cognitive decline”.
Andrew
Newberg, M.D., assistant professor of radiology
at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine,
and the study’s principal investigator, agreed.
“For the first time, we are seeing scientific
evidence that meditation enables the brain to
actually strengthen itself, and battle the processes
working to weaken it,” said Newberg. “If meditation
is helping patients with memory loss, we are encouraged
by the prospects that daily practice may even
prevent neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer’s.”
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June
7, 2007
Tulsa, Okla.- Scientific studies in the UK and
Australia indicate that focused meditation techniques
increase left-brain activity, altering perception
and creating optimism. Two scientific studies
have shown that certain relaxation techniques
stimulate the left side of the brain, resulting
in decreased anxiety and a happy disposition.
Researchers at the University of Wisconsin - Madison
looked at the effects of meditation on 41 people.
Twenty-five of the people attended a weekly class
and a seven-hour retreat, and worked on meditation
exercises at home. The others were a control group
and did no meditation. After eight weeks, the
group who had meditated had a more active left
frontal lobe, which is related to lower anxiety
and a positive emotional state. The findings lend
scientific credibility to the use of meditation
techniques to reduce stress and treat pain.
June
2007
Scientific studies in the UK and Australia indicate
that focused meditation techniques increase left-brain
activity, altering perception and creating optimism.
June 7, 2007 -- Tulsa, Okla. Two
scientific studies have shown that certain relaxation
techniques stimulate the left side of the brain,
resulting in decreased anxiety and a happy disposition.
Taking a few moments each day to meditate can
help alleviate that stress, and it's a lot cheaper
in the long run than the inevitable doctors' bills
when prolonged stress becomes manifested in the
body. Researchers at the University of Wisconsin
- Madison looked at the effects of meditation
on 41 people. Twenty-five of the people attended
a weekly class and a seven-hour retreat, and worked
on meditation exercises at home. The others were
a control group and did no meditation. After eight
weeks, the group who had meditated had a more
active left frontal lobe, which is related to
lower anxiety and a positive emotional state.
The findings lend scientific credibility to the
use of meditation techniques to reduce stress
and treat pain.
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May
2007
Researchers at the Clifford Saron at
the University of California-Davis Center for
Mind and Brain investigated 17 meditation volunteers
before and after they completed three months of
rigorous training in meditation. They meditated
for 10 to 12 hours a day and the researchers also
studied 23 novices who received a one-hour meditation
class and then meditated for 20 minutes daily
for a week. The scientists asked volunteers to
look for numbers flashed on a video screen amongst
a series of distracting letters. Their brain activity
was monitored using electrodes placed on their
scalps. Davidson and his colleagues found the
brains of volunteers who received the intense
mental training apparently needed less time to
spot details than before. The training also improved
their ability to detect the second number within
the half-second attentional blink time window.
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November
6, 2006 – Maharishi University
of Management in Fairfield, Iowa. The first 100
days of a $12 million scientific study to monitor
the effects of 1200 advanced meditators on aspects
normally beyond our field of influence, such as
the money markets, showed
that since the project began on July 23, the Dow
Jones Industrial Index and the S&P 500 have
posted total gains of approximately 12%, and the
Nasdaq has climbed nearly 18%--with the Dow repeatedly
hitting all-time record levels, the S&P reaching
a 5.5-year high, and the Nasdaq climbing to a
five-year high. Panelists
included:
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John Hagelin, Ph.D., director of the Institute
of Science, Technology and Public Policy;
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Ken Cavanaugh, Ph.D., professor of applied statistics
and senior research scientist at the Institute
of Science, Technology and Public Policy;
*
Fred Travis, Ph.D., director of the Center for
Brain, Consciousness, and Cognition;
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Robert Schneider, M.D., F.A.C.C., director of
the NIH-funded Institute of Natural Medicine and
Prevention
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August
9, 2006 – Study Shows TM reduced brain's
reaction to pain in just five months.
A new scientific study supported by the
National Institutes of Health says that in only
five months, study participants experienced a
significant decrease in their pain. Twelve
healthy long-term meditators who had been practicing
TM for 30 years showed a 40-50% lower brain response
to pain compared to 12 healthy controls. Further,
when the 12 non-meditators then learned and practiced
TM for 5 months, their brain responses to pain
also decreased by a comparable 40-50%.
This
could reduce the brain's response to pain because
neuroimaging and autonomic studies indicate that
it produces a physiological state capable of modifying
various kinds of pain. In time it reduces trait
anxiety, improves stress reactivity and decreases
distress from acute pain.
According
to Orme-Johnson, lead author of this research,
"Prior research indicates that TM creates
a more balanced outlook on life and greater equanimity
in reacting to stress. This study suggests that
this is not just an attitudinal change, but a
fundamental change in how the brain functions".
Pain
is part of everyone's experience and 50 million
people worldwide suffer from chronic pain. Transcendental
Meditation would have a long term effect in reducing
responses in the affective component of the pain
matrix. Future research could focus on other areas
of the pain matrix and the possible effects of
other meditation techniques to relieve pain.
The
study is reported in a NeuroReport journal article,
published by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
(Vol.17 No.12; 21 August 2006:1359-1363)
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July
2006
Using
brain scans, researchers have recently discovered
that meditation can change brain activity and
improve immune response; while other studies have
shown it can lower heart rate and blood pressure,
both of which reduce the body’s stress response.
There are thousands
of scientific tests backing the power of meditation
in the area of health, stress and longetivity
- to mention just a few recent ones:
May 2006
- In 1991 the Dalai Lama approached Richard
Davidson, a University of
Wisconsin scientist, professor and director of
UW’s Waisman Laboratory for Brain Imaging
and Behavior,
who had been working on how the brain regulates
emotion, whether he would study the effect
meditation had on the brain. Fifteen
years later in May 2006, after Davidson’s
research led to the groundbreaking discovery that
activities like meditation could in fact “train”
the mind to react to situations with positive
emotions, Davidson was named a “pioneer
in the exciting frontier of mind-body medicine.”
Davidson’s
research discovered that during meditation, people
experience increased brain activity in areas associated
with attention and emotion, specifically in the
left prefrontal cortex, a region associated with
positive emotions. The discovery, hailed as scientific
validation of the link between spiritual practices
and mental and physical health, earned Davidson
worldwide recognition.
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May,
2006 - Hero
DMC Heart Institute (HDHI) conducted a workshop
on meditation and yoga on the reversal of heart
disease with Prof Dr S.C. Manchanda and Swami
Dharmananda from New Delhi, and Dr Bishav Mohan,
a cardiologist, coordinated the workshop.
Strong
scientific evidence was provided for the effectiveness
of meditation and yoga in managing heart diseases.
Research people were selected with age group of
30-75 years with chronic stable angina and those
who had more than 70 percent of heart blockage
as shown in angiography, and they were subjected
to meditation as well as good diet, moderate aerobic
physical exercise and yoga.
After
few months the results were astonishing - the
progression of cause of blockage in artery stopped
and their regression achieved by 15 percent, and
their lipid profile showed 20 percent improvement.
More importantly, procedures in the active
group were reduced by approximately 90 percent.
Dr.
G.S. Wander, chief cardiologist Hero DMC Heart
Institute said that holistic systems should be
incorporated in clinics of regular hospitals,
which could go a long way in prevention of cardiac
diseases.
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February
2006 - A study by Richard Davidson, a
neuroscience professor at University of Wisconsin-Madison,
showed that Tibetan Buddhist monks managed to
structurally alter their brain functions with
meditation. Davidson's study showed that
while meditating, Tibetan monks produced gamma
waves – which represent extremely focused
thought – thirty times stronger than a control
patient. Davidson also documented that normally
erratic brain waves became more synchronized during
meditation and that the part of the brain associated
with positive emotions was more active.
February
2006 - "I think the science behind
meditation is actually quite good," says
Matthew Stanford, a neuroscientist at Baylor University
in Texas who signed the petition and who is working
on an article about Christianity and psychology.
December
2005 - The Garvan Institute discovered
how stress causes a hormone to be released into
the bloodstream which inhibits the immune system
and makes people more susceptible to getting sick.
As more future research comes to light we will
post it on the internet.
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November
2005 - Massachusetts General Hospital
study published in November 2005 showed that meditation
slowed the aging of certain portions
of the brain and increased its user's ability
to focus, and a University of Kentucky team found
that meditation could offset the sluggishness
of sleep deprivation.
November
2005
- Massachusetts
General Hospital's Sara Lazar says she can see
physical changes in the brains of people who routinely
meditate. "Meditation can have
a serious impact on your brain long beyond the
time when you're actually sitting and meditating,
and this may have a positive impact on your day-to-day
living," says Lazar, an assistant in psychology
at Massachusetts General Hospital and an instructor
at Harvard Medical School.
Lazar found that certain parts of the brain were
thicker for meditators. As she reported in the
journal NeuroReport, Lazar and her research team
used a MRI brain scanner to compare the brains
of people who practiced Insight meditation every
day, with non-meditators. "These are not
monks; these are just people who choose to meditate
for about 45 minutes a day every day," she
says.
Insight
Meditation, or Vipassana, is the practice of mindfulness
and awareness of yourself and the world around
you. The belief is that the practice of mindfulness
is highly effective in helping bring calm and
clarity to the pressures of daily life, as well
as being a spiritual path. "Insight meditation
is very user-friendly," says Joseph Schmidt,
co-founder and executive director of the New York
Insight Centre. "People in west can adopt
this if you're a person involved in the church
or a non-secular person or don't believe in religion."
Lazar
and her research team found that certain areas
of the cortex — the outer layer of the brain
that contains our thinking, reasoning and decision-making
functions — were significantly thicker in
the meditators.
"One
of them is right up in the front of your brain
right above your right eye, and this is an area
that's involved in decision making and in working
memory, working short term memory," she explains.
She
also saw thickening in another region of the brain,
called the insula, that she considers "a
central switchboard of the brain," connecting
the primitive limbic cortex and the more advanced
cortex, which is highly developed in primates
and humans. Lazar says this region is thought
to be "involved in coordinating the brain
and the body and the emotions and thoughts,"
she explains. "It helps us better make decisions."
The
researchers think this thickening might help to
counteract the natural thinning of the cortex
that occurs as we get older. The brain's cortex
starts getting thinner from about age 20 and continues
to thin throughout life.
"It's not a cure-all, but it perhaps can
help prevent the loss of some functions,"
Lazar says. "One small part of the front
of the brain does not get thinner with age… and
this suggests that this part of the brain is not
affected by age. And this part of the cortex is
involved in short term working memory and cognitive
decision-making."
Their
results also suggested that continuing to meditate
would continue the thickening process. "The
thickness is strongly correlated with the amount
of experience. So the more they sat, the thicker
it was," Lazar says.
She
says she'd expect a similar effect from other
forms of meditation. She plans to further study
how meditation might affect mental ability by
testing people "at multiple time points and
to test their cognitive ability to see if cognitive
ability correlates with thickness and if that
changes as the brain gets thicker," Lazar
explains.
The
Dalai Lama advocates that neuroscientists investigate
the effect of spiritual traditions, such as meditation,
on the brain.
People
who practice meditation regularly will certainly
tell you of the benefits. "I've noticed the
benefit, certainly, in my own life in terms of
awareness," says New York City writer, Andrea
Louie. "The most profound experience I had
was just after 9/11. Immediately after the attack
here in New York, many, many people were very
angry. I found myself really feeling equanimity
with myself, I was fully aware that adding to
the anger wasn't going to help."
Lazar's
research was published in the November 15, 2005
issue of NeuroReport, and was funded by the National
Institutes of Health and the Centers for Disease
Control.
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Other
Scientific Studies.
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Richard Davidson, a University of Wisconsin scientist,
found that longtime Buddhist practitioners of
meditation can induce a heightened pattern of
electrical signals called gamma-band oscillations
– which are associated with concentration
and emotional control – not seen in control
groups. These changes are sustained even after
meditating.
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At Harvard, a scientist Lazar found that people
who incorporate meditation into their daily lives
have thicker brain tissue in regions associated
with attention and sensory processing. Her results,
published in November in NeuroReport, showed that
those regions were 20 percent larger than in control
groups. Practicing meditation regularly may slow
age-related thinning of the frontal cortex, her
study suggests.
Of
the 20 subjects studied, two were full-time meditation
teachers and three were part-time yoga or meditation
teachers. The rest were professionals in other
fieldswho meditated an average of once a day for
40 minutes.
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Dr Bruce O'Hara, from the University of Kentucky,
studied claims by Buddhist monks that dedicated
meditation can reduce the need for sleep, and
tested a group who deprived themselves of sleep
the night before a test. Those who meditated right
before the test performed better than those who
did not. O'Hara next examined sleep-deprived
subjects who took a nap right before the test.
They actually did worse because it takes time
to fully recover alertness after a nap.
O'Hara found meditating subjects, whether alert
or sleep-deprived, still performed better on the
test an hour after meditating.
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What's
the best way to sit?
Generally
the most common method is to be seated in a comfortable
chair with feet flat on the floor, back straight,
and hands rested comfortably in your lap, and
your eyes lightly closed. Ensure phones
are turned down as sound can be rather a shock
if you are in a deep state of meditation.
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What
makes Deep Meditation so effective?
There are many reasons actually as to the benefits
of Mind Training for Deep Meditation. Here are
a few of the main ones:
1) Deep meditation is the deepest level of relaxation
you'll ever experience, which has shown to provide
the most powerful benefits. These include such
areas as overcoming stress, anxiety, fatigue -
and many other holistic benefits (see home page
for more details on these).
2)
The deep meditaiton program is a complete all-in-one
meditation. Regardless of whether you're a beginner,
intermediate or advanced-level meditator, it works
from whatever level you're currently at, and then
continues to progress you to deeper levels as
time goes on.
3)
With the deep meditation program, you don't have
to do anything at all - you simply put headphones
on, and let the meditation do the rest.
4) The program provides you both a long and short
version to help to fit in with your busy lifestyle,
as well as an Introduction to Deep Meditation.
5) While the program remains currently available,
it features lifetime product support for
whenever you need advice on anything at all regarding
the program.
6)
The program has a 12 month unconditional moneyback
guarantee, no questions asked.
7)
There are countless ongoing benefits, which impact
every area of your life.
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Are
music or binural technology used in the Deep Meditation
- what methods do you use?
The Deep Meditation program does not resemble
any other meditation programs on the market so
you will not have experienced it before.
It actually combines many different forms of meditation
which have been blended into one program and then
recorded with a deep relaxation audio track, to
create a unique and maximum level of relaxation.
This
unique blend of techniques guides the mind down
into delta and theta states easily and effortlessly,
and does not utilize binural technology or most
other modern technologies used in other meditations.
Combining all these techiques into one
recording achieved far greater results than any
one of the techniques was able to achieve on their
own. While many meditations talk mainly
about the various modern methods employed in the
creation of the process, the ultimate goal of
this program has never been the process, but only
focused upon the end result
- the true level of depth, peace and effectiveness
of the meditation.
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How
long does the meditation go for?
The main Deep Meditation recording lasts 38 minutes,
while the additional 22 minute Quick Deep Meditation
is also available to be used when you are pushed
for time.
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How
regularly do I need to listen to the meditation?
For maximum results, it's highly recommended that
you listen to the meditation each day.
For those who order this month, this is why the
22 minute Quick Deep Meditation is also provided,
to help make this task easier.
The
meditation becomes such a pleasurable part of
your day, you'll find that you'll make room for
some meditation every day - because you'll simply
never want to miss out on it.
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Is
shipping included in the price of the CD version?
Yes, shipping is fully included in the
price, to any destination in the world.
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Should
I use headphones or other special equipment?
Yes, headphones are highly recommended - as they
help to keep outside noise to a minimum, and allow
the meditation to work most effectively. No other
special equipment is necessary other than any
form of iPod, mp3 or CD player.
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How
long before I see results?
This varies with each person. Within a few
weeks you begin to feel the depth of the relaxation
taking effect, and this continues to build with
continued use.
The
transformational life-changes that come from the
meditation happen when the person is mentally
and spiritually ready for them to take
place - which is also different for everyone.
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Can
I listen to it as I go to sleep?
This is generally not recommended. The Deep Meditation
Program is best used during the day or before
bed, but not actually during the time that you
are going to sleep.
It's
also not recommended to be played all
night, while you are asleep - but can
be used up to two, or even three, times a day
if you like. It's not recommended
that you use the Deep Meditation Program any more
than this each day however.
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Is
deep meditation 100% safe?
Deep relaxation / meditation is completely
safe at all times when used as instructed.
Of course, it should never be used while driving
a motor vehicle or while doing anything that requires
you to be alert.
Apart
from this, the only discomfort you could possibly
ever have might be some initial emotional
upheaval, which for some, is necessary to
clear out the past, and move forward.
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What
if I go to sleep during the meditation?
It's common for people to feel that they may
have gone to sleep during the Deep Meditation
Program - but this is not real sleep! This becomes
more obvious once you notice that you still return
to the awakened state every time you are instructed
to at the end of the meditation.
If
this happens, it's simply a sign that the meditation
is moving you to deeper and more effective meditation
levels.
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When
should I do the meditation?
Any time during the day, or at night before sleep,
are fine. And while it's probably ideal to use
it the same time each day, it's not necessary
- and sometimes impractical! The meditation
works just fine at any time during the day.
It's best not used while you are
actually going to sleep, however.
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Should
I expect any emotional release or upheaval?
This can occur for some people, but does not neccessarily
occur with everyone - and certainly doesn't have
to happen to get the benefits.
If
some emotional upheaval does occur though, then
it's a sign that some necessary processing
of past issues is happening through the meditation,
and usually this will clear within days or weeks,
depending upon the person.
If
it continues or intensifies, it may be preferable
to reduce the daily use of the program down to
alternative days (ie. every 2nd day), to
reduce the upheaval until it clears completely.
Those who need further advice on this can always
email me any time here
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How
deep can my meditation become?
As deep as meditation gets.
With continued use, you'll access the very deepest
levels of meditation (ie. delta level).
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What about
distractions and other thoughts?
These are completely taken care of by the program
- these will lessen in number and also
in their level of distraction, each time you use
the program. Eventually you'll reach a point where
you'll probably no longer notice any distractions
whatsoever.
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Does
the meditation contain any religious material,
etc? Absolutely not - there is
no religious material whatsoever - guaranteed.
There is also no marketing material, and no persuasions
relating to any belief systems, in this program
whatsoever.
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Can
I make copies of my download or CD?
No, this may inhibit the effectiveness of the
program.
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Can
I use my regular meditation method with this program?
Certainly! As long as it is not an external
meditation program you are blending this program
with - but as far as your own 'mental' techniques
are concerned (ie. what you do with your thoughts),
you 're absolutely free to to use whatever approach
you wish, while the meditation is playing.
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Do
you mail to all countries around the globe?
Yes!
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What
if I change my mind and want a refund?
No problem at all - if you decide for some reason
that the program is not for you, simply contact
us and we will provide you a 100% refund any time
within 12 months of purchase.
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How
do I contact you?
Through our contact webpage here
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How
can I purchase?
Securely
online through our site - here,
using our secure World Pay processing (see 'online
security' below). We accept Visa, Mastercard and
Delta cards for online transactions. We also accept
mailorder checks and fax orders.
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about online security?
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To this point, we have never once had a fraudulent
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