Everybody is speaking about meditation these days but what is meditation really, what are the benefits of meditation and why you should to meditation ? Very few people actually go into the depth of what meditation is. A really good definition of meditation is very important in order for you to really benefit and have good meaningful meditation. There are many many courses about meditation and the different kinds of meditation, but lets go into detail about what meditation really is.

Meditation is often talked about as a stress-reduction tool.

Let’s look at some of the benefits of meditation and see why it works the way it does.

Most people today are unconscious. This means that when a stimulus comes up, the person automatically reacts in a certain way based on their beliefs and emotional surges. This is particularly dominant when the painbody overtakes the person.

One of the main aspects of meditation is that you simply sit in silent...

Meditation can be a very long path. If you are a serious student, you will practice for the rest of your life. Sometimes it takes years to make significant headway. Frequently, students just sit in silence wondering what is supposed to happen... if they do it long enough, eventually the change in consciousness will come. This is why some choose to forsake the rest of the world; this allows them to focus entirely on their inner journey. Of course, there are other ways.

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The human heart was created by God to love and to feel emotion deeply, and much of the creative inspiration that we feel comes from the spiritual connection between our embodied human self and your eternal soul or larger self. This great sensitivity has also been the cause of much challenge as human beings have struggled to understand ourselves and our loved ones. The present time period is particularly challenging because our consciousness and ways of feeling, and sensing are changing...

Meditation is a mental discipline by which one attempts to get beyond the conditioned, "thinking" mind into a deeper state of relaxation or awareness. There are many different meditation methods.

At the core of meditation is the goal to focus and eventually quiet your mind. As you progress, you will find that you can meditate anywhere and at any time, accessing an inner calm no matter what's going on around you. But first, you have to learn to tame your...

It was the year of the Partridge Family, eight cent postage stamps and blue jeans with bell bottoms. That was 1971 and I was an under achieving senior in a middle American High School when I saw a funny looking poster on the way to my American History class. It had a large black and white picture of Maharishi Mahesh Yogi on it and a lecture on Transcendental Meditation® was announced for the next day in the school auditorium. I was intrigued and showed up to check it out.

In the past few years, meditating has gone from something talked about only by ‘alternative lifestyle’ proponents to a very mainstream activity, like yoga and healthy eating. The benefits of meditation have become available to the mainstream, and many millions of people are more relaxed and centered because of this. Meditation itself has never gone anywhere, of course, but the information and practice is so widely available now that even businessmen and grandmothers are...

Over the years, hypnosis has picked up all sorts of weird associations from stage hypnotists, the media and superstition. This is a great shame, because in reality, hypnosis is your single most effective tool for change - ranging from smoking cessation and weight loss, to pain and management stress. Hypnosis is your birthright, and you should know how to use it so it doesn't use you. Here we dispel the biggest hypnosis myths.

Hypnosis Myth 1: All hypnosis is the same.
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We are going to try some exercises for the neck and eyes which will help do away with eye strain, tension, and stiffness of the neck. You can do them whenever you please.

Just drop your head forward, then rotate it several times. If the rolling goes smoothly without any grinding or crackling noises you have nothing to worry about; if it doesn't, better try the neck exercises.

TECHNIQUE: Here is how the neck exercises are to be done:

Sit on the floor with...

Meditation is the most powerful tool available to us when it comes to developing spiritually and psychically. For this reason meditation is used extensively in all kinds of psychic development courses.

A quote by Yogananda (A pioneer of Yoga in the West). "Meditation, or consciousness focused upon itself, is the ultimate revealer of who you really are, and what you truly are. You can discover an inner guidance within yourself, and that inner guidance will guide you to the...