Meditation Retreats

Here are Top ten reasons to Meditate

1. Stress relief

Meditation benefits in reducing stress, anxiety, and depression.

After all, as scientists are finding out from so many angles — stress is the root cause of almost all the other mind-body ailments and dysfunctions! Research conducted with students, with people suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder, or with employees confirms beyond doubt that Meditation provides deep relaxation and rest for the body and mind. Its main effects in terms of stress relief are:

• balancing the nervous system activation,
• balancing hormonal levels,
• increasing brain coherence

As a result, our body and mind no longer over-react to stressful situations.

2. Higher Work Efficiency

Research has been conducted both in smaller and in bigger companies. Across the board, regular mediators improve significantly (3 months into practice) on such crucial measures as:

• effectiveness,
• leadership abilities,
• job satisfaction,
• professional relationships,
• physiological stability during mental task performance and status of general health.

3. Better school performance

Numerous studies with students at all levels of their educational path

(primary school, middle school, college, universities etc) demonstrate that someone practicing meditation benefits from:

• Improved impact on academic test results,
• an increase in overall intellectual and cognitive performance,
• reduced school-related stress, anxiety and depression.

4. Healthy blood pressure

Numerous studies confirm that Meditation reduces blood pressure.
Controlled trials show that it leads to lower blood pressure in; people with hypertension, people with heart disease, old and young, under stress and at rest.

5. Lower risk of heart disease

As lowering blood pressure is often one of the main targets in heart disease prevention and treatment. Meditation benefits heart disease by reducing stress. Scientific research has shown that Meditation benefits people with various cardiovascular conditions such as

• atherosclerosis,
• metabolic syndrome,
• congestive heart failure,
• myocardial ischemia, left ventricular hypertrophy.
• left ventricular hypertrophy.

6. Quitting smoking

Meditation benefits quit smoking with Meditation includes no demand or request to quit smoking. However, scientific studies show quitting smoking comes naturally with this practice.

7. Alcoholism treatment

Among other things improving the practitioner’s quality of life, Meditation helps fight alcohol addiction.

Besides quitting drinking, research shows that Meditation also supports the emotional well-being of recovering alcoholics. Positive results come even from studies including chronic alcoholics with little social or financial support.

8. Hyperactivity (ADHD) treatment

Meditation benefits adhd brain function. Almost every tenth person in the population has been or will be suffering from hyperactivity.

(1) ability to focus on schoolwork,
(2) organizational abilities,
(3) ability to work independently,
(4) happiness,
(5) the quality of sleep.

9. Healthy relationships

Correlation between regular Meditation practice and healthy, harmonious relationships has been observed both at home and at work environments.

10. Improved intelligence

Last but definitely not least, meditation benefits our intelligence!

Scientific research has found that meditators’ test scores will improve in the following areas:

• ability to successfully reason in new situations
• the speed of information processing
• ability to achieve and maintain success in work
• love and social relationships
• a cluster of traits including cognitive functioning
• personality and social behavior
• balanced use of cognitive
• affective and volitional domains (traits like comprehension, analysis, curiosity, unconventionality, synthesis, and risk calculation).

ANCIENT WISDOM FOR MODERN HEALTH:

Contrary to what the name might suggest, the technique of Transcendental Meditation is simple, natural and effortless. As taught by Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, the technique is easy to learn there are no limitations as to age, gender, race, belief system, prior spiritual practice etc.
Research and scientific basis

In terms of these results described above, there is no need to rely on good guesses or on keeping your fingers crossed. It works, it works, and it works – as proven by the most cutting-edge, rigorous research the modern science can offer.

The Transcendental Meditation technique relies on a subtle effect of sound in bringing your mind-body system to a physiological state of deep relaxation.

And as confirmed by science, this state of alert restfulness leads – through lower breathing rate, decreased stress hormone concentration and increased brain coherence – to an overall improvement in your physical and mental condition.