One of the excellent and awesome technique and a mental discipline which has been practiced by many people from thousands of years to get beyond the deeper states of mind is nothing other than the meditation. It is the spiritual practice and a part of yoga which helps in body relaxation and mind calmness. In past days, it was actually been a part of Eastern culture only. But as the time passed, it gained great popularity and at present it is being practiced perfectly in the Western societies too and to say exactly, it has been practiced by the people of the entire world. Instead of referring meditation as a technique, it is quite suitable to refer it as a way of life which helps to gain perfect control over both conscious and subconscious mind. Mastering and controlling our mind in turn helps in gaining the victory in what ever the work we take up. As we master our mind, the power of self-control can be achieved easily. Meditation includes various interesting practices which are quite simple and easy to perform anywhere and everywhere without the use of any special equipment. The main aim of meditation is to control our busy monkey mind, to discover the various mysterious and interior layers of our consciousness, to experience and gain peaceful mind and to improve the concentration of our mind. It has been practiced from past till now without any disturbance because of the physiological and psychological benefits it provides. Meditation is classified into two types whose details are as follows.

Concentrative Meditation
In concentrative meditation we have to simply sit quietly in a place where the environment is calm and pleasant and just focus our attention towards our breath. This meditation helps to maintain constant and calm mind.

Mindfulness Meditation
Mindfulness meditation must be practiced in the following way. Sit quietly by keenly concentrating on whatever goes in mind by not reacting either towards memories, thoughts or worries. This mindfulness meditation helps to maintain clear, calm and non-reactive mind by which the concentration power can be improved a lot.

Now let’s see the physiological benefits of regular practice of meditation.

• The work load on the heart and the metabolic rate can be reduced by practicing meditation.
• The chemicals such as cortisol and lactate levels which are responsible for increase in stress can be lowered by the meditation.
• High blood pressure can be reduced and controlled.
• The cholesterol levels that are responsible for the occurrence of many heart diseases can be lowered.
• Meditation helps in reducing the free radicals which play an important role in damaging the tissue.
• The aging process can be controlled with the help of meditation.
• Meditation improves the resistance power of the skin by lowering the stress and anxiety which are main cause for low skin resistance.
• The headaches and muscle tensions can be reduced and controlled with the meditation practice.
• Meditation helps a lot for asthma patients by improving the flow of air through lungs.

Psychological benefits of meditation include the following:

• Regular and perfect practice of yoga helps in decreasing anxiety and depression.
• A calm and peaceful mind can be achieved with the helps of meditation.
• Self-control, confidence and concentration can be improved as the meditation controls the mind and its thoughts.
• Creativity nature and IQ power can be improved by practicing meditation.
• Irritability and moodiness nature can be eliminated by meditation practice.
• Mental stability can be maintained with the meditation.
• As the concentration increases, the memory power and learning ability can be improved a lot.
• Emotional stability and self-actualization can be increased by the regular practice of meditation.
• Meditation helps in stress reduction and calmness in mind which in turn helps in increase in happiness without any frustrations.

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