MEDITATION IN YOGA

Meditation is a holistic discipline by which the practitioner attempts to get beyond the reflexive, "thinking" mind into a deeper state of relaxation or awareness. Meditation is a component of many religions, and has been practiced since antiquity. It is also practiced outside religious traditions.

Sukh Asana

Different meditative disciplines encompass a wide range of spiritual and non-spiritual goals, achieving a higher state of consciousness or enlightenment, developing and increasing compassion and loving kindness, receiving spiritual inspiration or guidance from God, achieving greater focus, creativity or self-awareness, or simply cultivating a more relaxed and peaceful frame of mind.

BENEFITS OF MEDITATION

Makes breathing easier by releasing the congestion of lungs as one focus on the breath regularly, and thereby increasing the lung capacity. It also lowers the amount of oxygen consumption.

Brings lots of luster to the face and skin.

Feelings of calm or peace and satisfaction.

Increased Sensitivity to five senses, sometimes heightened sense-perception which bestows the practitioner with the power of intuition, clairvoyance, clairaudience, clairgustance, clairsentience and in other times precognition, retro cognition.

Greater faith in, or understanding of, one's religion or beliefs , surrender to the lessons of religious texts.

An increase in patience, compassion, will power, friendliness to all and other virtues and morals or the understanding of them . It also encourages emotional stability.

Increase in the focusing ability, memory, creativity.

Acts as a remedial and preventive measure for hypertension and hypotension.

Realization of temptation , theft, negative thought and emotions.

More strength to fight the malaise of the mind like fear, phobias, stress, anxiety, depression etc.

Less irritability and mood swings.

Experience of spiritual phenomena such as kundalini, chakras, travel to astral world and attainment of siddhis.

Reduction of unstable oxygen molecules which may cause tissue damage.

Prolonging of delaying the aging process and maintaining glowing youth.

Relaxes muscle tension and tension headaches.

Helps deal with pre menstrual syndrome in women and also aids post operative healing or post accidental healing.

Enhances the immune system.

More understanding of self and others, thereby helps in improving relationships.

Makes our reactions constructive to face the challenges of day to day life.