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WHY MEDITATE?
Human beings have been meditating for
thousands and thousands of years, a real testament to its enduring power and grace. When you remain
calm and centred, the world is a different place. The art of meditation can access this place of
calm, whenever you need it.
Having read this far, you're probably
craving a little calm right now, but notice how you keep delaying the process because there's
always something else to do. Is there always another distraction to keep you from your authentic
needs? How would you know what your needs are? What would let you know? Our needs
are usually presented in, and during meditation, that's how intimate and contained meditation is.
It gives us the ability to respond to our needs, with our loving attention. If we are to make
a difference in the world, to be authentic and embody our best, then meditation is key to
self-preservation in the 21st century.
A natural law of life is that every
organism experiences a cycle of rest, regeneration and activity. Ignore the instinct to rest and tension becomes a
default setting, we expect it and are driven to live from the outside, in.
How can Meditation be this beneficial?
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"The answer is in our physiology.
Meditation is something the body knows how to do, and does
willingly if you set up the conditions to allow it. The body knows
how to enter a profound healing state. All you have to do is
pay attention."
Dr Lorin Roche
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Compelling scientific evidence now
confirms the power of meditation, as it renews and restores us on a cellular and molecular
level. We owe ourselves and others, the responsibility of self-care and instinctual
time out - our integrity, survival and planet depend on it! Animals, babies and
children naturally rest and revive without guilt or excuses.
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"Love yourself - for everyone else's sake"
Dr
Mark Abramson
Director
of Stanford University's Mindfulness-Based
Stress
Reduction Program
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Imagine affecting positively your
physiology, nervous system, mood and bio chemicals.
Meditation works
Core benefits of meditation
• Deeper levels of
relaxation
• Increased certainty, imagination and excellence
• Improved ability to focus and comprehend
• Less workplace stress
• Increased career performance, work productivity and better
bottom line results
• Lower blood pressure
• Combats heart disease
• Stabilises diabetes
• Supports metabolism in weight management
• Medical care costs drastically reduced
• Strengthens the immune system.
• Slows ageing process by 12-15 years
Research findings from Mind Body Institute - Harvard Medical School
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"A major part of meditation is unlearning
patterns of stress. You learn not to carry over the rules of
work with yourself. Work is good, but if you make meditation
into work, it won't be respite ... disperse with the old "no
pain no gain" attitude. It is obsolete and untrue. Find your
way to stretch a little more in the direction of pleasure
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Camille Maurine & Lorin Roche, PhD
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