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Active Recovery Ltdalternative and complementary medicines and therapy The Gaia Centre, 17 Frederick Street, Loughborough, LE11 3BH Phone: 01509 556101 Found in category: Loughborough Alternative Therapies, Loughborough Acupuncturists, Loughborough Alexander Technique, Loughborough Aromatherapy, Loughborough Homeopathic Medicine, Loughborough Hypnotherapist, Loughborough Reflexology, Loughborough Crystal Therapy, Loughborough Indian Head Massage, Loughborough Meditation |
Further Information on Meditation
The term 'Meditation' refers to any of a family of practices in which the person practising meditation trains their mind or self-induces a mode of consciousness in order to obtain some benefit.
Typically meditation doesn't involve becoming 'spaced-out', rather it brings the consciousness to focus on what is happening in the here and now as opposed to the mind focusing on the past or the future..
Meditation is normally an internal, personal practice and done without any external contribution, except perhaps the use of meditation beads to count prayers, though many practitioners of meditation may rely on external objects such as candle flames as points on which to focus their attention as an aid to the process. Meditation frequently involves invoking or cultivating a feeling or internal state, such as compassion (e.g. loving kindness) , or attending to a specific focal point (e.g. the breath). The term can refer to the state itself, as well as to practices or techniques employed to nurture the state..
There are dozens or more specific styles of meditation practice. People may mean dissimilar things when they use the word, 'meditation'. Meditation has been practiced since antiquity as a constituent of numerous religious traditions, especially, in Western countries, in monastic settings. In the Eastern spiritual traditions such as Yoga, Hinduism and Buddhism, meditation is more commonly a practice engaged in by many if not most believers..
Since the 1960s, meditation has been the focus of mounting scientific research of irregular rigor and quality. In over 1,000 published research studies, various methods of meditation have been related to changes in metabolism, blood pressure, brain activation, and other bodily processes. Meditation has been used successfully in clinical settings as a method of stress and pain reduction, especially mindfulness based intervention..