Notes

Meditation can be thought of a relaxation technique to find inner peace in a quiet state. Many neurologists have found many health benefits peaking from meditation such as lowering blood pressure, more beneficial than some medications and improved pain tolerance. The article mentions that meditation allows the blood flow within the brain to slow down and decrease some activity going on inside the brain. Next, meditation was proved to be more efficient than morphine, sleeping pills and other stabilizers when one may be ill. Studies proved that participating in a eight week long meditation program that helps balance empathy, memory, self sense and response to stress has decreased the amount of pain intensity. Lastly, the article concludes with how meditation works on oneself and instances where it may be a solution to an issue. Psychologists stated that meditation allows someone to recognize their fear, anger and pain without allowing self-loathing, negative emotions and behaviors get in their way. This article has been relative to our current study by discussing meditation, how pseudoscience may be considered during meditation, benefits of meditation to certain areas of the brain, and the control of one’s emotions. The importance of this article for me is how it allowed me to compare the facts to how I felt when I practiced meditation during a health class. It also made me think of how it could personally benefit me if I practiced it and made me think of people I know who may need to use this technique as a treatment. This article may also be important to other readers because they could practice this relaxation technique and be aware of the benefits that they may have issues with.