Meditation is the Tactic

There you are, 8:30 am standing in the crowded subway platform, suddenly, it is announced that the next train will be extremely delayed because of malfunction. Immediately, you feel a sharp tension increase in your surroundings, people start breathing heavily, pacing unrestedly, you hear them cursing to themselves, tightening their jaws, calling their workplace to tell them in an agitated tone all sort of complains and excuses, however, you see someone that doesn't form part of the picture, someone who doesn't show any emotions, who is still, with its body relaxed, and calm sense, as a matter fact, it appears to be disconnected from this world, rather appears to be effortless floating in space. The goal of meditation isn't to control your thoughts, it's to stop letting them control you - Dan Millman.

Precisely, meditation is the tactic to a less stressful life. The discussion will have its ground based with the great efforts of John L. Jenessy, the president of Stanford University, and now the Chairman of the Board of Alphabet, The Journal of human reproductive sciences, journalist Courtney Shea, the National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health, James Hamblin, MD, Ronald Alexander Ph.D, the comprehension of Physical Education 103, and the experience of 250 meditation sessions. First, the growing practice, meditation, will be defined, followed by its tremendous beneficial discoveries, concluded with a down-to-earth perspective.

Meditation is where an individual uses a strategy, for example, mindfulness, or concentrating on an object, sensation, image, movement, feeling. To, overtime, accomplish a rationally clear and emotionally quiet and calm state. Meditation derived from the Latin, breaks down from the verb meditari, which is defined as "to think, contemplate, devise, ponder. In addition, Oxford, Cambridge, and Merriam-Webster dictionaries have further definition of the topic at hand; definitions mention "think deeply about, "the act of giving your attention to only one thing", and "to engage in mental exercise for the purpose of reaching a heightened level of spiritual awareness respectively. In other words, meditating is an exercise that connects the body and the mind. For its effectiveness, it requires meaningful attention spent on a belief, time, state, or experience. Meditation cultivates the calm consciousness state of the practitioner's state, and aims to make it more accessible and withstand it it for longer periods of time. There are some meditations that involve motion, such as walking, feeding, and drawing meditations. Some people are very drawn to these moved oriented meditations, while others choose quieter and still meditations. Nevertheless, experimentation is the best way to find a match. Either way, connecting your mind and body, and practicing mindfulness is a worthy experience.

This curios practice has been used for millennials, attracting many researcher to figure why. Old beliefs about meditation music are known to heal diseases while enhancing religious well-being. The old practice of reflection is followed till day. Music and reflection are known to produce a positive life influence in you that helps you reach the objectives better, said John L. Jenessy, the president of Stanford University, and now the Chairman of the Board of Alphabet. Some corporations even provide music for download which helps you reconnect with the spirituality. Nevertheless, this practice is having a exponential growth in the 21st Century, as benefits keep emerging.

The Journal of human reproductive sciences has presented a great advocacy toward the practice; Perceived day-to-day strains, that is, challenges that people see as taxing, or surpassing their power to deal, are linked with lesser levels of steroid luteinizing hormone (LH) and progesterone, consequently, leads to higher levels of follicle stimulating hormone (FSH). This high perceived regular stress levels were also linked with increased rates of anovulation (the menstrual cycle where the egg is not issued) (2011). Nevertheless, meditation highly decreases stress, and consequently, this undesired physical effects. Furthermore, research on meditation revealed dramatic results. It showed meditation increases working memory, and for productivity, the bright benefit of reflection is improved emphasis and ability to keep point, from distracted thoughts back to attention on the task at hand by just taking some quick breaths. After five minutes, I opened my eyes and felt . nothing at first. But when I went back to work, my head was clearer.

I felt more alert and mentally dexterous; the task at hand had gone from mountain to molehill (Shea, 2018). Peaceful inner reflection that has seen increased popularity in these last few years, and for good reason. Only 15 minutes of contemplation has been shown to decrease tension and high blood pressure and better focus (Shea, 2018). The National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health said, it can help managing labor pain, headache, heart disease, high-blood pressure, insomnia, nightmares, pain, depression, anxiety, which all consequently affect the emergence of many illnesses (2016). Moreover, evidence for psychological health benefits of reflection continues to put up.

Research mentioned in the article by James Hambling, MD, showed that reflection helps in creativity, memory, learning, and thinking skills. Reflection has also been demonstrated to increase feeling as effectively as antidepressant medicine (certainly, with no side effects). Surprisingly, it was also mentioned that meditation makes parts of the mind thicker, just as exercise builds strength (2013). Meditation is also related to help in addiction. Daily meditating can take over into everything else you do. People see themselves magically stopping smoking, drinking less, struggling less and feeling less nervous after a couple of weeks of daily contemplation. It's not a miracle; it's only you making the brain some time to contemplate (Alexander , 2016). Although, highly refined studies and research are powerful, a down-to-earth examples might give another perspective.

Now, I started meditating when I was 16, hard to remember how my life happened to cross meditation, but since almost 250 meditation session completed, my life has had a inimaginable turn. Although the journey has been tough at times, in the vast majority of my days, I'm able to catch myself when negativity, overwhelm, and stress arises and separate from it, resulting in a sensation of a brain as fresh as mountain cold water. In spite of all the previous cases, meditation has proven itself a worthy practice.
Mediation, "to engage in mental exercise for the purpose of reaching a heightened level of spiritual awareness, combined with its dense scientific correlation to a range of health benefits, plus, the down-to-earth perspective, would make someone lose incredible benefits if he or she doesn't incorporate meditation.

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