Benefits of Meditation Increase the Effectiveness of All Treatments...

By Julie Taylor



The benefits of meditation are indisputable!

There is a brilliant neurosurgeon in North Vancouver, Dr Brian Hunt, who found with his own patients - often young athletes with brain injuries - that just a few minutes a day (actual meditation techniques didn’t matter) made a measurable difference in healing. Somehow the meditation increased the effectiveness of treatment, surgery and drugs and also in healing generally.

Some of these patients were in the acute treatment ward and so, of course, in bed. Their beds and blankets made natural meditation cushions to support their legs. In 'real' meditation, to make kneeling more comfortable meditation pillows are used. It’s also quite possible to use meditation chairs - or sit on the edge of a regular chair and use cushions so that your back is straight, your thighs and calves are at right angles and your feet touch the ground. There’s no need to sit cross-legged or to be able to do yoga in order to meditate.

The neuro-rehab department at VGH where I was a patient the benefits of meditation were accepted without question. They had a ‘quiet room’ where patients were tucked into bed with meditation pillows and cushions under their legs and rested for just 20 minutes in the pitch dark whilst listening to meditation music.

Whenever we felt overwhelmed by the pace or content of our rehab, that's where we went! They also use Tai-Chi as part of their rehabilitation program - as a recreational component - because they found the benefits of meditation to be positive. The concentration and deep breathing seems to have a similar calming and focusing effect on the mind.

Here’s a very easy breathing relaxation technique that will help you to relax in just 2 minutes.

Several people I know who have also rebuilt their lives after serious trauma agree wholeheartedly with Dr Hunt: they have experienced better healing and greater wellness when they meditate and soon notice the difference when they miss a few days or stop.

Chimes I get so busy that I often forget meditation - which is nonsensical as it's free and so freeing! I guess I haven’t yet built it firmly into my routine and I forget. However, when I do remember, I feel healthier - and I must remember every day! I walk on the beach here several times a week and (again when I remember) I stand still for a few minutes with my face to the sun, listening to the waves, breathing deeply. Something powerful and magical happens and I can almost hear my cells singing. Try it!

Talking of cells singing, listen to these beautiful Tibetan Meditation Chimes - the resonance is such that your every cell vibrates.

Develop a Quiet Mind

I believe that the connection with our ‘self’ is key to develop a quiet mind is part of that key.

I also believe that one of the purposes of life is to learn and grow the ‘self’ throughout the journey of life. But how?

If you can develop a quiet mind, the rest will follow.

Read more about Develop a Quiet Mind

Deep Zen Meditation

Deep Zen Meditation. Simply put on a pair of headphones, listen to the audio and enjoy the bliss of deep meditation in minutes.






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