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The Science of Meditation

The Science of Meditation. The smart person’s bubble bath. Why Meditate?. 10 million American adults practice some form of meditation regularly Meditation classes are being filled by mainstream Americans

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The Science of Meditation

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  1. The Science of Meditation The smart person’s bubble bath

  2. Why Meditate? • 10 million American adults practice some form of meditation regularly • Meditation classes are being filled by mainstream Americans • Meditation is offered in schools, hospitals, law firms, government buildings, corporate offices, and prisons.

  3. Benefits of Meditation • Boosts immune system • Rewires brains to reduce stress : feelings of happiness, contentment, acceptance • Recommended by more and more physicians for all stress related conditions • Heart conditions, AIDS, cancer, and infertility, depression, • Learn to be focused & aware: hyperactivity, ADD

  4. The Healing Power of Meditation • Jon Kabat-Zinn: The Stress Reduction Clinic • Helped more than 14,000 people manage chronic pain • Psoriasis: Meditator's skin cleared up 4 times the rate of non-mediators • Women meditators have higher amounts of immune cells to combat tumors in the breast

  5. Physiological Changes during Meditation • Herbert Benson, 1967: Meditation counteracted the stress-induced fight or flight response (calmer, happier state): • Lowered heart rate • Increased theta brain wave pattern • Reduced oxygen intake • Dr. Gregg Jacobs recorded EEGs: meditators deactivated parietal lobe in brain (lose sense of boundaries, at “one” with universe)

  6. Brain Activity • With enough practice, the neurons in the brain adapt themselves to direct activity in the frontal area of the brain. You can naturally become more aware of the present moment

  7. How to Meditate: The practice of repetition • Sit for 10-30 minutes • Actively concentrate on your breathing, a word, a sound, or an image • Focus on the present (being) over the past or the future

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