What is meditation?

Meditation is a means of transforming the mind

Meditation is a means of transforming the mind. By engaging with a particular meditation practice you learn the patterns and habits of your mind, cultivate new patterns of mind, and find more positive ways of being. When the patterns of your mind have been changed, and in turn, altering how you perceive and respond to the world around you.

Meditation is a practice to train attention and awareness

Meditation is a practice to train attention and awareness and achieve a mentally clear and emotionally calm and stable state. Meditation is practiced in numerous religious traditions, and meditation plays a salient role in the contemplative repertoire of Hinduism and Buddhism.

Meditation is a set of techniques

Meditation is a set of techniques that are intended to encourage a heightened state of awareness and focused attention. Meditation is also a consciousness-changing technique that has been shown to have a wide number of benefits on psychological well-being.

Meditation have both positive physiological and psychological effects

Research has shown that meditation can have both physiological and psychological effects. Some of the positive physiological effects include a reduced respiration rate, decreased heart rate, changes in brain wave patterns. Some of the positive psychological effects include reducing stress, anxiety, depression, and enhance peace, perception, self-concept, and well-being.

Meditation has two main types

Meditation can take on many different forms, but there are two main types: concentrative meditation and mindfulness meditation.