Have you ever wondered, "why meditate"? If so, then read on as we briefly explore the benefits of meditation and look at some of the really practical, down to earth ways in which it can improve your quality of life. 

When you practice meditation, your heart rate and your breathing gradually slow down. Your blood pressure normalizes and the function of your immune system improves. Meditation also causes your adrenal glands to produce less cortisol, one of the main hormones responsible for ageing.

As you meditate, your mind becomes clearer and clearer. You feel less burdened by mental chatter, and troubling emotions gradually melt away. Feelings of stress and anxiety are greatly reduced.

The inner calm that meditation provides also leads to a more positive outlook, increased intelligence and enhanced creativity. Meditation helps to eliminate stress and anxiety, and it helps you to sleep more deeply. With consistent practice, these positive effects compound and become permanently established. 

People who meditate regularly tend to rave about the positive changes that meditation has brought into their lives.

But what about you? What if you’ve never experienced meditation before? Why meditate? What practical benefits can meditation offer to people like you and me and how can it help us in our everyday lives?

Here are just a few examples...

Spirituality

Spiritual people use meditation to get in touch with their inner self, to transcend the limiting perspective of their ego, and to experience a deeper connection with God. 

Relationships

Meditation helps you to relax and become more emotionally balanced. With this in mind, anyone who is in a relationship with a loving partner can benefit from meditation. With a calm mind and an open heart, conflicts are resolved more easily, and love is exchanged more readily, and more deeply. 

Parents

For parents, meditation offers much needed relief from the pressures of day to day living, and from all the responsibilities that come with raising a family. For many parents, time spent in meditation is precious. It’s “me time”... quiet time that you give to yourself to relax and reflect.

Sports

It is very common for sportspeople to use meditation to help them perform at their peak. Meditation helps them to focus on achieving their goals, and to help them recover from strenuous exercise more quickly. 

Business

Business people, from office workers to CEO’s, use meditation to help them stay cool under pressure and to help them make clear, well formed decisions. 

Students

Students benefit greatly from meditation. Meditation helps by enhancing their intelligence, dramatically improving their memory, and increasing their ability to assimilate new information.

Artists

Artists use meditation to help them get in touch with their creativity. It’s hard to be creative when you are mentally overloaded or emotionally turbulent. Meditation relaxes you, quiets your mind, and opens up your imagination.

Technical

Scientists, engineers and other people with highly technical roles use meditation to help them think clearly and to solve complex problems. 

No matter who you are, or what you do, meditation will improve your health, increase your performance, and enhance your quality of life. Even if you have never meditated before, the positive effects of meditation can be experienced from the very first time you try it. You don’t even need to go to classes or to hire a teacher. Just by exploring the resources on this website you can find all the information you need to learn how to meditate, and to enjoy a happier, healthier life.

Meditation does take some practice, and for some people it can seem a little difficult to grasp in the early stages. However, the small amount of time and effort it takes to learn meditation are well worth it in terms of the overall benefits that meditation provides. One of the best ways for beginners to bypass the usual learning curve and to enjoy the benefits of meditation immediately is to listen to a guided meditation. 

Guided meditation is simply, "meditation with the help of a guide". It’s an effortless and enjoyable experience that will leave you feeling deeply rested, relaxed and inspired. Guided meditation also has some additional benefits to offer that traditional meditation techniques do not. For example, a guided meditation can be tailored to help you achieve a specific goal, whether that goal is deep relaxation, finding clarity in life, increasing your performance or healing yourself on a physical or emotional level.

Guided meditation is simply the easiest and quickest way to experience the benefits of meditation in your life. 

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Article by Christopher Lloyd Clarke from www.The-Guided-Meditation-Site.com.

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