MEDITATION AS MEDICINE (PART 1), The Power of Meditation, Meditation Therapy, Meditation in Daily LIfe, How to to Meditation

MEDITATION IN MODERN TREATMENT SYSTEM, MEDITATION AS A MEDICINE

In this Article (our aim is to spread the loving effects of meditation) as under :

• The Power of Meditation.
• Relation Between Yoga and Meditation.
• Meditation as Medicine.
• Psycho Physiology of Raja Yoga and Relation to Meditation.
• Different type of Brain Waves during Meditation.
• Meditation in Clinical Treatment.
• Meditation for Psychological Disorders.
• Study of Respiratory Rate during Meditation.
• How Does it Help a Doctor ?

Meditation refers to any of a family of practices in which the practitioner trains his or her mind or self-induces a mode of consciousness in order to realize some benefit.

A few Clinical Studies on Meditation :

A preliminary study was conducted on 25 Raja Yogis, including both males and females, practising meditation regularly, in October 1984, by the Medical Wing of Raja Yoga Education and Research Foundation to observe the effect of meditation to the vital parameters.  This showed an overall decrease in the mean values of heart rate, systolic and diastolic blood pressure and respiratory rate as shown in the Below Figure (Fugure 1)

Figure (1)