What are the Benefits of Meditating?
Meditation techniques elicit reproducible physiological changes including reduced respiratory rates, lowered oxygen consumption, increased skin resistance and coherent brain wave patterns. These changes are consistent with a state of relaxed awareness – the antidote to the stress response. Daily practice of meditation and relaxation techniques have been found to be beneficial in a number of common health concerns including hypertension, chronic pain, irritable bowel disease, insomnia, anxiety and infertility. Regular practice of meditation is absolutely essential for anyone who is truly embarking on a spiritual path. Meditation provides a direct route to reaching the Self. From that level, the mind channels its own infinite intelligence to achieve many benefits in all aspects of life. Meditation is one of the most powerful tools there is to help us restore the harmony within and to gain access to our body’s inner intelligence. Dr Deepak Chopra’s experience of early life, by most standa
