No doubt when you first hear the word ‘meditation’ a picture of a monk appears in your mind. While monks were certainly big practitioners of this art, meditation is more popular today than you might think.

People from all walks of life use meditation today. Business executives, athletes, stockbrokers and lawyers all incorporate meditation into their lives. Even large corporations such as Google, Target and General Mills advocate the use of meditation to their employees.

Meditation can be used for several reasons. This includes improving your spirituality, decreasing your stress levels and increasing your power of concentration and focus.

The basic concept behind meditation is that it allows you to control your own thoughts, instead of letting others control them for you.

People who regularly practice meditation find that their self discipline improves. In addition scientists are discovering that meditating can help improve your health by lowering your blood pressure and boosting your memory functions.

There are five basic components of meditation: Continue reading →

The subject of meditation can be confusing and even intimidating to some people. Meditation is an art form that dates back thousands of years. It is well known for being a practice that monks and other religious people participated in.

Today meditation is associated with many health benefits for the mind and the body. It is being used more widely, and what most people don’t know, is that there is more than one form of meditation.

The best way to describe mediation is by this; it is a practice that allows a person to train their mind to a better way of thinking. This could be to stop focusing on the past and let things go, or to develop a more positive mindset.

The practice of meditation allows you to learn how to relax your mind and your body. It can help you develop a new life force, also known as gi, ki, and prana. At the same time you can learn how to love again, have compassion, improve your generosity and to forgive things.

Buddhist monks used meditation on a daily basis and it helped them perform all of their rituals. They would use things like prayer beads to help them keep track of things that needed to be accomplished. As well they would touch their beads while saying mantras. Continue reading →