The document discusses how meditation is being used increasingly in medical settings to treat various health conditions. While originally a religious practice, studies show meditation can help with depression, anxiety, pain, and other issues by relaxing the mind and body. It improves understanding of one's thoughts and how to make lifestyle changes. Doctors are finding meditation can benefit patients when used alongside traditional treatments by reducing stress and improving well-being, though it should not replace medical care.
2. Skeptics would ask, “what exactly can sitting in halflotus position or breathing deeply relate to a particular
sick person?” Meditation has been practiced for
centuries and was originally meant to help heighten
understanding of the particular sacred and mystical
forces of life.
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4. Today, a growing number
of medical practitioners
and health-related
workers are convincing
people who are sick to
practice meditation.
So why do medical
doctors prescribe a
religious method of
therapy as opposed to
their own jobs and
trainings seriously rooted
from clinical outcomes
and dominantly
influenced by science ?
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5. Well, you can find studies that show that the ancient
Eastern practice of mindful meditation can provide a great
benefit to patients with depression symptoms, anxiety and
pain.
There are more and more researches which show the
measurable influence of meditation on the
brain, demonstrating that mindfulness programs can
make all of us feel more comfortable, have greater
emotional resilience and strength and fewer sick days.
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6. Meditation helps you
understand how your mind
works, and when you know
the way your mind
works, you can begin to
make purposeful changes to
your lifestyle to improve it.
Additionally, meditation
improves your ability to
rationally analyze how you
feel, how you think, and
how you respond to events
that take place around you.
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7. It produces a deep state of relaxation plus a tranquil
mind. During meditation, you concentrate and focus
your attention and remove the stream of jumbled
thoughts that may be populating your mind that may be
causing stress.
This process leads to enhanced physical and emotional
well-being.
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8. Healing meditations should be straightforward, useful as
well as appealing. The experience begins with simple
movements as well as breathing to organize body and
mind, creates a personal comfort and ease one’s self to
create healing through the entire body, and ultimately by
offering healing towards the entire world.
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9. Meditation also might be useful if you have a clinical
condition, specifically one that may be worsened simply by
stress. Studies suggest that meditation may help
individuals suffering from Asthma, Allergy symptoms, Binge
Eating, Cancer, Depression, Fatigue, Heart Disease, High
Blood Pressure, Soreness, Sleeps Problems, Drug abuse
and Anxiety Disorders.
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10. While there are many kinds of meditation, the
mindfulness method, prevalently used in hospitals
around the world, focuses primarily on breathing.
Practices differ, but the basic idea involves sitting
comfortably, with eyes shut, spine straight and attention
focused on breathing.
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11. Professional practitioners aim to maintain a
detached, relaxed awareness of their particular
sensations and also their thoughts. Through
mindfulness, experts say, we learn to observe the
present and cultivate clarity of thoughts, psychological
stability, composure and wisdom.
The big question is “do we have to take meditation
more seriously as a medication?
It would be best to still be under the guidance of a
doctor or a health care provider.
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12. Meditation is considered a
kind of mind-body cure
complementary to
traditional medicine. It
should not be considered
the only solution to
illness, but an additional
therapy to medicines
brought about by tested
research in medical
science.
Meditation isn’t a
replacement for traditional
medical treatment, but it
may be a useful addition
to your other treatments.
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