Meditation: Relaxing The Body And The Mind

Meditation is a state of being focused on a certainnegativism brought about by man's pursuit of wealth
thought and involves the "quieting of the mind" as youand power, many have fallen victim to stress and
concentrate inwardly, resulting to a more relaxed andanxiety, not to mention a variety of medical conditions
calm feeling. This relaxation technique can help asuch as cardiovascular and respiratory diseases.
person develop his personality through mental disciplineMeditation relaxation involves the body and mind. It is
as well as encourage his spiritual well-being bybeneficial in providing relief to those suffering with
communing with God.anxiety disorders as it allows the person to experience
Usually associated with some ancient eastern religionsrelaxation and release negative energies stored in the
dating back several centuries, meditation has beenbody, allowing it to acquire a different form of healing
assimilited in western culture via spiritual practices andthat is not afforded by medications. But this method is
medical therapies which focus on different kinds ofa skill which needs to be learned properly. Training in
healing with the help of the mind and inner energy.the art of meditation relaxation is necessary to avoid
According to Dr. Borysenko, author of 'Minding thegetting distractions.
Body, Mending the Mind', "...through meditation, we learnIn Yoga Meditation, the key principles in this process
to access the relaxation response (the physiologicalare attention and breathing. These two work together
response elicited by meditation) and we become morenaturally in allowing the relaxation of the physical body,
aware of the mind and the way our attitude producesas well as the mind.
stress." He believes that through meditation, one canThere are times when the mind is restless that it could
also get in touch with the "inner physician" and allownot keep itself from getting distracted and have the
the body's own inner wisdom to be heard.tendency to open the eyes or make unnecessary
In Taoism, the mind of emotions is controlled by themovements during the process. What some
"Fire" energy of the heart. Unrestrained, this Firepractitioners do is to make use of external device or
energy flares upward and wastefully burns up thestimulus like music or visual support to get to that state
energy and smothers the mind. On the other hand, theof relaxation. However, to train the mind means not
mind of intent, or will power, is governed by the Waterrelying on this external technique but directly working in
energy of the kidneys. Without direction, the "Water"the mind itself.
energy is flushed down the sexual organs which drainsIn order to train the restless mind, one must first
its essence and spirit. However, when you areacknowledge it as restless and that it will not easily
meditating, these flows of Water and Fire energies arecome through. Give the mind something to do,
reversed. The Water energy is drawn up to the headsomething internal and real, not external or a fantasy.
through the Central and Governing channels, while theFocus on what is within the body and do not create
Fire energy from the heart is drawn down into thesomething that isn't there. That's the beauty of Yoga
Lower Elixir Field in the abdomen, where the energy ismeditation. So, whether the goal is to combat stress,
refined and transformed. This process allows the mindcure illness or to gain higher spiritual experience, Yoga
of intent, which is Water, to provide a soothing andmeditation as well as other relaxation therapies can
relaxing effect over the mind of emotion, which is Fire.help you find healing by training your mind to reach into
Hence, meditation relaxation occurs.your inner being.
In today's world, where there is so much chaos and