Meditation facts

Here is the place to find basic meditation facts and information about how to meditate.The meditation facts information unpacks into mainly, how to and what for categories.

How to...

Meditation is really a very simple practice. There are many kinds of technique and methods and you may like to try different styles later in your practice.

For now, keep it simple. The primary goal is to establish a habit of sustained attention. The attitude is to be gentle but persistent. Meditation is a lifelong resource,not a chore to force yourself through.

Key meditation facts :How to Meditate

Basic Meditation Technique Method

I have included some of the foundation technique here.

So,if you would like to go straight to learning technique then you can access a free download of meditation technique to help get you going with your practice. click here to download

What is meditation for?

Here is a simple way to understand the benefits of meditation. I bought a new car recently. When I took it for a test drive it pulled to the left. The garage happily balanced the wheels and adjusted the tracking. The car now drives straight if I take my hands off the wheel on a level road, (not a recommendation!)

I could cite a long list of references... click here to read more

Meditation and science

Meditation and Science have been chatting over the fence since the 1930s when it was the extraordinary abilities of certain yogic practitioners that attracted scientific research to explain or debunk. Later in the 1960s the brain waves of Zen monks were studied and changes in brainwaves of experienced meditators were recorded.

But do not take the science too seriously. It is certainly interesting and there are some companies that push the science heavily to get you to buy their 'instant meditation' packages.

Hasten slowly, people have been meditating for a long time and have pretty much worked out how to do it. If you are not getting the results you want from your meditation practice then search though this site for pages specific to your concerns.

The contemporary scientific research and growing base of meditation facts largely stems from the work of Dr. Herbert Benson. He was a professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School who studied a group of Transcendental Meditators and found that they demonstrated definite physiological changes. He penned his research into a book, The Relaxation Response, which was a best seller in the 1970s and... click here to read more

Meditation and illness

There is growing research base of meditation facts about how meditation can help with managing illness. Unfortunately there is still a belief amongst some people that we created our illness and therefore need to feel guilty as well as ill!

To my mind, there are a couple of related issues regarding the subject of meditation and illness. The first is the idea that illness is a result of ‘negativity’, unreleased issues, and / or ‘bad karma'. The second idea is that illness is something, ‘wrong’ and that we have a ‘right’ to a pain free, wonderful life... click here to read more

Meditation and depression

We try so hard and hope for so much for our lives. Sooner or later reality happens to our plans.

Often we just pick ourselves up, dust ourselves off and carry on. Perhaps we become more determined, set goals, get even more flexible and resourceful and find another way to our desired outcome.

Sometimes we don't, and this is when 'living hurts'... click here to read more

Types of meditation

There may be many types of meditation, but meditation in context is a series of mental exercises practised within an overall spiritual training and aimed at reaching learnings and perceptions valued by a particular tradition.

In the West we use the term, ‘meditation’ to cover a variety of approaches that are perceived as distinct in their native settings. Meditation in the west has also expanded to be a part of psychological / psychotherapeutic modalities that are aimed at improving well being in this world rather than escaping from it!

There are some traditional distinctions between types of meditation such as the distinction between concentration and awareness practices. I am not sure these divisions are very useful today... click here to read more