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What we seek to give you here is an overview of how pain can be alleviated with meditation and yoga techniques. This is easy for anyone to pick up and to follow daily as they are not complicated at all. This is one of the most widely accepted and practiced methods to heal and relieve stress by all cultures and religions. Meditation is an introspective technique, using contemplation to help focus the mind on a precise thought or object.

The path to meditation can be through music, through chants or even through silence. You can also focus on a picture or concentrate on your own breathing cycle and posture. You need to find a place where you won’t be interrupted when you do this so never mind what technique you use, the place you are in is important. Then select a word, object, or one’s own breathing rhythm and find a comfortable position - to prevent falling asleep it is best not to be lying down. The aim of the exercise is to enter a state of ‘mindfulness’ in which one is aware of all around and at the same time is in a detached mental state from the immediate surroundings as in a trance. However, there are two much deeper states where the mind is able to become calmer still. Though it is Buddhism that comes to mind when we think of meditation, most religions include it as a part of their religious practices in some form or the other. When it is used within the actual context of the teachings of Buddhism, it can be an indication of directing or controlling one’s mind inward in an actual quest for enlightenment. You can meditate anywhere and in any posture - while lying back, walking, sitting, whatever - however, the best position would be ‘zazen’ or sitting down.

There are so many benefits that accrue when you meditate and the physical as well as psychological ones have been documented by Herbert Benson, a Harvard professor in a study. Studies have demonstrated that as little as 20 minutes a day aids in the reduction of blood pressure, muscular tension, heart and breathing rates and in lowering metabolism. Entering into the deeper states sometimes bring on colorful swirls and pictures as well as hearing voices inside of you. Studies have demonstrated that meditation can aid in relieving stress, anxiety, migraine and headaches, depression, insomnia, fatigue and chronic pain.

Once you start attaining greater self-awareness, healthy body and happy mind you will start enjoying other benefits such as enhanced mental faculty endowed with greater intuition with access to internal resources buried deep within the unconscious. Traditionally, meditation has been a tool for spiritual improvement - however, it is becoming an effective tool for stress management, achieving internal peace, tranquility and relaxation in a ruthless and exacting fast-paced lifestyle. By combining daily meditation and yoga, one can indeed achieve a stress free life.