Deal with Stress - Relax your way to better health through Meditation

Deal with Stress before it deals with you through Transcendental Meditation

It’s our effort to introduce Meditation to busy Executives, COO& CEO’s of this Corporate World.

Bust the Stress

Meditate 

Source:

Fist published study on Meditation, Relaxation Response – Developed by Dr. Herbert Benson, Associate Professor of Medicine of Harward Medical School, in his book “The Relaxation Response” - Relax your way to better health.

TECHNIQUE

1. Sit in a comfortable position, so there is no undue muscle strain, and choose a quite environment with few distractions.  Avoid lying down; there is a tendency to fall asleep.

2. Close your eyes.

3. Deeply relax all your muscles, beginning at your feet and progressing up to your face.  Keep them relaxed.

4. Breathe through your nose.  Become aware of your breathing.  As you breath out say a word “one” to your self.  For example breathe IN --- OUT, “one”, IN --- OUT, “one” etc.  Breathe easily and naturally.  The repetition of “ONE” helps break the train of distracting thoughts, attention to the normal rhythm of breathing enhances repetition.

5. Continue for 10 to 20 minutes.  You may open your eyes to check the time, but do not use an alarm.  When you finish, sit quietly for several minutes, at first with your eyes closed and latter with your eyes opened. Do not stand up for a few minutes.

6. Do not worry about, whether you are successful in achieving a deep level of relaxation.  Maintain a passive “let it happen”, attitude and permit relaxation to occur, at its own pace.  When, distracting thoughts occur, try to ignore them by not dwelling upon them and return to repeating “ONE”.  With practice the response should come with little effort.  Practice the technique once or twice daily, but not within two hours after any meal, since the digestive process seem to interfere with the elicitation of Relaxation Response.

The feelings accompanying the Relaxation Response vary among individuals.  The majority feel calm and relaxed.  A small percentage of people immediately become ecstatic. Others describe feeling of pleasure, refreshment, well being.

A word of caution – Many Meditation Organizations teaches that if a little meditation is good, a lot more is even better.  Our observation, how ever is that, many people who meditate several hours every day for weeks at a time tend to HALLUCINATE. But we have not noted any harmful side effects in people who bring fourth the Relaxation Response once or twice daily for 10 to 20 minutes.  A second word – The benefits of meditation will last only as long as you regularly bring fourth the Response.