Meditation

When the mind, body and spirit work together, the result is a balance of thought, awareness and well-being that is unmatched. It is in this state that healing can occur on multiple levels.

Research has shown that Meditation can contribute to an individual's psychological and physiological well-being. This is accomplished as Meditation brings the brain wave pattern into an alpha state, which is a level of consciousness that promotes the healing state. We have CDs in our store that will aid you in this process.

By itself, a general or introductory meditation practice may be too gradual in its effects to combat serious, acute illness. It will, however, form the foundation for everything that will follow as you progress to dedicated healing meditation.

General meditation has been found to have incredible healing properties in its own right, however. Far more than simple relaxation, blood pressure reduction, and stress reduction than it is often seen as, the healing properties of meditation.

Quite fundamental physiological changes have been scientifically verified in western, ‘beginner’ meditators as much as many age-old Japanese Zen adepts - we shouldn’t think that we need radical eureka moments to benefit.

If you imagine illness as the body getting ’stuck’ in bad patterns, meditation has the ability ‘unstick’ it. Many meditators report addictions such as smoking or alcohol fall away easily with a meditation practice, and more ‘physical’ illnesses are thought to respond the same way. For more information on how to begin a sitting meditation practice, see CalmYourMind.org.