Post date: 25.10.2011 4:39 PM

Transcendental Meditation (TM) is a simple, natural, effortless procedure practiced 20 minutes twice each day while sitting comfortably with the eyes closed. It’s not a religion, philosophy, or lifestyle. It’s the most widely practiced, most researched, and most effective method of self-development.

This technique allows your mind to settle inward beyond thought to experience the source of thought – pure awareness, also known as transcendental consciousness, or the unified field. This is the most silent and peaceful level of consciousness – your innermost Self. In this state of restful alertness, your brain functions with significantly greater coherence and your body gains deep rest.

This type of meditation is going to be different for each individual person, so it’s hard to train someone to teach themselves how to do it.

This procedure is a rather personal one and you will end up having to come up with your own methods of relaxation and stress relief. While other methods of meditation are known to last for a few hours, this type of meditation is recommended.

Why you should learn how to do transcendental meditation?

Learning how to do transcendental meditation can end up being a huge turning point in your life because it will show you how to hone your emotions and release some of the stress that has built up in your body during the day.

Hundreds of scientific studies have been conducted on the benefits of the Transcendental Meditation program at more than 200 independent universities and research institutions worldwide in the past 35 years, and the National Institutes of Health has awarded over $20 million to research the prevention-oriented health benefits of the TM program. Findings have been published in leading, peer-reviewed scientific journals, including The American Journal of Cardiology and the American Heart Association’s Hypertension and Stroke.

Published research on the Transcendental Meditation program in educational settings has shown a wide range of practical benefits for both students and teachers. Benefits for students include decreased stress and stress-related disorders, reduced substance abuse, increased intelligence, increased learning ability, improved memory, improved academic performance, and improved standardized test scores. Benefits for teachers include decreased stress and stress-related disorders, decreased anxiety, reduced substance abuse, increased creativity, improved job satisfaction, improved interpersonal relationships, and reduced health care utilization and costs.

Meditation is a huge key to gaining wisdom throughout your lifetime because you will not be able to grow if you do not look back and reflect on what’s going on every now and then. Meditation is usually recommended before making any huge decisions because you want to be able to relax whenever the time comes to make a choice that could change your life. You should meditate as often as possible so that you can have a clear head throughout your entire day.

Sources:

http://www.altmedicinezone.com

http://www.tm.org/meditation-techniques

http://www.davidlynchfoundation.org