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WHY MEDITATE?
Human
beings have been meditating for thousands
and thousands of years, a real testament
to its enduring power and grace. When you
remain calm and centred, the world is a
different place. The art of meditation
can access this place of calm, whenever
you need it.
Having
read this far, you're probably craving a
little calm right now, but notice how you
keep delaying the process because there's
always something else to do. Is there
always another distraction to keep you
from your authentic needs? How
would you know what your needs are?
What would let you know? Our needs
are usually presented in, and during
meditation, that's how intimate and
contained meditation is. It gives us the
ability to respond to our needs, with our
loving attention. If we are to make
a difference in the world, to be
authentic and embody our best,
then meditation is key to
self-preservation in the 21st
century.
A
natural law of life is that every
organism experiences a cycle of rest,
regeneration and activity.
Ignore the instinct to
rest and tension becomes a default
setting, we expect it and are driven
to live from the outside,
in.
How can Meditation be
this beneficial?
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"The
answer is in
our physiology.
Meditation is
something the
body knows how
to do, and does
willingly if
you set up the
conditions to
allow it. The
body knows how
to enter a
profound
healing
state.
All you have to
do is pay
attention."
Dr
Lorin Roche
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Compelling scientific evidence now confirms
the power of meditation, as it renews and
restores us on a cellular and molecular
level. We owe ourselves and others,
the responsibility of self-care
and instinctual time out - our
integrity, survival and planet depend
on it! Animals, babies and children
naturally rest and revive without guilt or
excuses.
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"Love
yourself -
for
everyone
else's
sake"
Dr
Mark
Abramson
Director
of Stanford
University's
Mindfulness-Based
Stress
Reduction
Program
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Imagine
affecting positively your physiology,
nervous system, mood and bio
chemicals.
Meditation
works
Core benefits of meditation
• Deeper levels of
relaxation
• Increased
certainty, imagination and
excellence
• Improved
ability to focus and comprehend
• Less
workplace stress
• Increased
career performance, work productivity and
better bottom line results
• Lower blood
pressure
• Combats
heart disease
• Stabilises
diabetes
• Supports
metabolism in weight management
• Medical care
costs drastically reduced
• Strengthens
the immune system.
• Slows ageing
process by 12-15 years
Research findings from Mind Body
Institute - Harvard Medical School
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"A major
part of
meditation
is
unlearning
patterns of
stress. You
learn not
to carry
over the
rules of
work with
yourself.
Work is
good, but
if you make
meditation
into work,
it won't be
respite ...
disperse
with the
old "no
pain no
gain"
attitude.
It is
obsolete
and untrue.
Find your
way to
stretch a
little more
in the
direction
of pleasure
..."
Camille
Maurine
& Lorin
Roche,
PhD
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