Benefits of Transcendental Meditation (Transcendental Meditation)

Transcendental Meditation

To learn Transcendental Meditation you first attend a free introductory lecture, at which you learn about the value and benefits of regular practice of the technique. Robert Roth, author of the book, Transcendental Meditation, describes some of these benefits:

• Reduced stress
• Improved memory and learning ability
• Increased energy
• Increased inner calm
• Reduced insomnia
• Increased happiness and self-esteem
• Reduced anxiety and depression
• Improved relationships
• Improved health (in many categories)

Younger biological age How do so many benefits come from one technique? After a full night of sleep you awaken refreshed, because repair and balancing mechanisms of the physiology dissolve physical, mental, and emotional stresses. Because the state of rest spontaneously induced by Transcendental Meditation is even more profound than that attained during sleep, your mind and body spontaneously release anxiety and deeply rooted stress that they would otherwise be unable to dissolve. This state of total relaxation while fully awake, or “restful alertness” as meditators refer to it, purifies and thus rejuvenates the mind and body. This inner calm allows you to make healthier lifestyle choices because you are acting from a place of calmness and orderliness in brain functioning rather than from stress.

Transcendental Meditation and high blood pressure
Transcendental Meditation enlivens your spirit, which has enormous health benefits on all levels. Medicine now recognizes the intimate connection between health and spirituality and Transcendental Meditation is recognized as a technique to accomplish this union. This chapter examines these benefits for cardiovascular disease. The National Institutes of Health recommended meditation as the first treatment for high blood pressure in 1986.
Transcendental Meditation is a simple, effortless mental technique that can be learned easily and quickly by anyone. It is practiced for twenty minutes both morning and evening. Hundreds of scientific studies worldwide over the past 30 years document benefits of the practice to both the mind and body. Because Transcendental Meditation spontaneously induces a deep state of relaxation, practitioners find it refreshing, and therefore very pleasurable to practice. This enjoyment creates an internal motivation to continue practicing the technique.
Although meditators gain great benefits from reaching a level of rest that is deeper than sleep (as measured by heart rate and oxygen consumption), Transcendental Meditation is not a substitute for sleep. A good night’s sleep is still necessary to maintain strength of the immune system, in order to fight off minor and even major threats to health.
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