MEDITATION/RELAXATION EXERCISES
Dr. PARMJIT SINGH

Scientific Definition of Meditation in Practice

• Steady transformation of mind through consistent observation.
  
• Cultivation of mindfulness awareness.
  
• Curbing the seamless chatter in mind and tapping into the powerful intelligence of mental, physical and spiritual connection.
  
• Psychological intervention designed to modify learned negative behavior.
  
• An internal revolution full of joy and calmness.

Benefits of Practice :

• Meditation offers a welcome relief from thought pollution and sensory overload.
  
• It might help person arrive at more integrative statement of awareness in everyday life, by mechanism that changes integrative processes in brain.
  
• It is a very powerful therapeutic tool, which promotes health and quality of life even in terminally ill patients.
  Constant observation allows one to know what ‘stuff’ one is made of.
  
• It helps to instill a sense of peace and happiness and gradually alters the outlook toward life.

Recommendation for Starting/Doing Meditation
Be playful
- Learn to laugh and do meditation in a playful manner.
- Do not make it a serious business except being disciplined.
- It is enjoyable and pleasurable pursuit.

Do not expect quick results
- Be patient. Expecting quick results hampers the growth.

Use enough space for practice
- Stay away from physical clutter.
- Earmark a spot for practice.

Choose a right place and time to practice
- Use a congenial spot to meditate.
- Try to practice at same time each day.

Assume comfortable posture
- Do not get caught in postures.
- You do not have to slip into a Lotus pose for reaping benefits of meditation.
- Just keep your head and torso erect and in straight line.

Begin with light physical exercise or catharsis
- Do a short exercise or dance.
- Catharsis helps to eliminate initial negative feelings.

© ZEN OF LIVING

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