Discover all the benefits of meditation!
Take care of yourself through meditation & learn how to manage stressful situations!
What is meditation really?
The word meditation comes from latin meditatio, & means “reflection”; it is infact the concentration of our mind on one or more objects, images, thoughts, or even on nothing, for different scopes, going from religious, spiritual, philosophical ecc.
In other words meditation is a method to learn how to know ourselves in depth & find ourselves. It is practiced by entering into a complete state of inner peace that happens only when our mind is calm & silent, meaning in the exact moment when we manage to pause our mind & relax completely;
Meditation may be used either as a simple relaxation technique that gives benefits to all our organism, also as a deep means of growth, knowledge & sprituality, consequently as a cure for ourselves. There are different meditation techniques & obviously different approaches.
At the bottom of everything there is entering in our inner self & find peace & harmony, but this is not easy at all, but once managed the benefits are really lots:
- Good for our body
- Good for our mind
- reduces stress
- improves traumatic event management
- improves all other pathologies that have stress or other psychosomatic symptoms at their base
- improves concentration ability
- improves strength & vitality
- improves pain resistance
- improves breathing & sleep
Furthermore while we meditate our body produces substances & hormones that are good for our mood, our immune defenses become stronger & we feel in a state of wellness, therefore we can say that it is a real natural cure.
How do we meditate?
To start meditating all we need is a quiet place & obviously some time to dedicate to ourselves, as soon as we find the place we start by sitting down in a comfortable position, usually legs crossed, it is best to be on an empty stomach & obviously sunrise or sunset are the best times since they are already magical in themselves, back, neck & head in an upright position, eyes closed. We start with a few minutes & gradually increase, well experienced people meditate even for hours. We can also use a cushion or pillow to be more comfortable. Meditation can be done individually or in groups & can begin with a religious mantra or just by breathing, lets say that the meditation must be quite personal and also the technique. Usually a real meditation is split into three phases:
– Breathing deeply (helps to calm our mind)
– mantra chant (to inspire positive emotions & rebalance the psychic waves)
– The actual meditation phase that is the phase of silence & concentration
Which must consist of freeing our mind from external thoughts & objects & let everything flow, observing ourselves.
Meditation is ideal for everyone & it is not necessary to believe in something or to be religious, the benefits reach anybody who practices it independantly from the reason why he/she is practicing & from a physical point it is an excellent excercise to improve our posture.
It is a simple practice, that requires some time especially to understand the importance of taking care of ourselves & of the fact that it is necessary to dedicate time to ourselves regularly & daily, the same way as we dedicate time to the people around us who we love, by taking care of them in a loving way, we must do the same thing with ourselves because only if we are in perfect mental & physical shape we can live better & also take care of others. Meditation teaches exactly this: LOVE YOURSELF to live better!
Did you know: even in Italy & exactly in Bologna in some hospitals they are testing meditation as a real & actual medicine/cure.
If you want to deepen and start with the basics of yoga take a look at our ebook yoga for everyone
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