Living The Secret Everyday: My Secret Meditation

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Meditation is said to be a great stress reducer. The first significant studies, in the '60s and '70s, proved that meditators could get themselves so deep into trances that theywouldn't react when they were prodded and burned. Another study showed that meditators, unlike marksmen, didn't flinch at the soundof a gunshot. And a Harvard Medical School professor studied 36 meditators and found that they used 17% less oxygen, lowered theirheart rates by three beats a minute, and increased their theta brain waves -- the ones that appear right before sleep -- without slipping into actual sleep. A later Harvard test showed that theEEGs of meditators were significantly different than those of a control group. Later studies became more sophisticated with brain imaging. One study showed that the brain doesn't shut off when it meditates but rather blocks information from coming into a certain portion of it-- the parietal lobe.
Another study showed that meditation slows blood flow to all portions of the brain but the limbic system,which generates emotions and memories and regulates heart rate, respiratory rate, and metabolism. For 30 years, meditation research has told us that it works beautifully as an antidote to stress," says Daniel Goleman, author of "Destructive Emotions. But what's exciting about the new research is how meditation can train the mind and reshape the brain."
Tests using imaging techniques suggest that it can actually reset the brain, changing the point at which a traffic jam, for instance, sets the blood boiling. Good news: You don't need a guru, weird clothes, or a monastery to meditate.
It's pretty simple:
1. Find a quiet place and turn out the lights.
2. Close your eyes.
3. Inhale slowly and deeply through your nose.
4. As you exhale (slowly), say a word or phrase that has a soothing sound.
5. Repeat.Start with 10-minute sessions. If desired, increase gradually.
by Michael Murray

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