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Stress Relieving, Calming, Relaxing Music

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Incredibly Soothing!

Benefits Of Meditation

2010-12-30T15:45:00.000-08:00

100 Benefits of Meditation

By Frederic Premji on May 08 2008

There are so many advantages to meditation. When I first originally thought of this post, I indeed wanted to make it 100 benefits long (think big right!), however, I wasn’t sure I could find more than perhaps 20-25 benefits. Well, I made it happen! Meditation is as powerful as I thought it would be. Here is the definitive list of benefits that meditation can provide you with:

Physiological benefits:
1- It lowers oxygen consumption.
2- It decreases respiratory rate.
3- It increases blood flow and slows the heart rate.
4- Increases exercise tolerance.
5- Leads to a deeper level of physical relaxation.
6- Good for people with high blood pressure.
7- Reduces anxiety attacks by lowering the levels of blood lactate.
8- Decreases muscle tension
9- Helps in chronic diseases like allergies, arthritis etc.
10- Reduces Pre-menstrual Syndrome symptoms.
11- Helps in post-operative healing.
12- Enhances the immune system.
13- Reduces activity of viruses and emotional distress
14- Enhances energy, strength and vigour.
15- Helps with weight loss
16- Reduction of free radicals, less tissue damage
17- Higher skin resistance
18- Drop in cholesterol levels, lowers risk of cardiovascular disease.
19- Improved flow of air to the lungs resulting in easier breathing.
20- Decreases the aging process.
21- Higher levels of DHEAS (Dehydroepiandrosterone)
22- prevented, slowed or controlled pain of chronic diseases
23- Makes you sweat less
24- Cure headaches & migraines
25- Greater Orderliness of Brain Functioning
26- Reduced Need for Medical Care
27- Less energy wasted
28- More inclined to sports, activities
29- Significant relief from asthma
30- improved performance in athletic events
31- Normalizes to your ideal weight
32- harmonizes our endocrine system
33- relaxes our nervous system
34- produce lasting beneficial changes in brain electrical activity
35- Cure infertility (the stresses of infertility can interfere with the release of hormones that regulate ovulation).

Psychological benefits:
36- Builds self-confidence.
37- Increases serotonin level, influences mood and behaviour.
38- Resolve phobias & fears
39- Helps control own thoughts
40- Helps with focus & concentration
41- Increase creativity
42- Increased brain wave coherence.
43- Improved learning ability and memory.
44- Increased feelings of vitality and rejuvenation.
45- Increased emotional stability.
46- improved relationships
47- Mind ages at slower rate
48- Easier to remove bad habits
49- Develops intuition
50- Increased Productivity
51- Improved relations at home & at work
52- Able to see the larger picture in a given situation
53- Helps ignore petty issues
54- Increased ability to solve complex problems
55- Purifies your character
56- Develop will power
57- greater communication between the two brain hemispheres
58- react more quickly and more effectively to a stressful event.
59- increases one’s perceptual ability and motor performance
60- higher intelligence growth rate
61- Increased job satisfaction
62- increase in the capacity for intimate contact with loved ones
63- decrease in potential mental illness
64- Better, more sociable behaviour
65- Less aggressiveness
66- Helps in quitting smoking, alcohol addiction
67- Reduces need and dependency on drugs, pills & pharmaceuticals
68- Need less sleep to recover from sleep deprivation
69- Require less time to fall asleep, helps cure insomnia
70- Increases sense of responsibility
71- Reduces road rage
72- Decrease in restless thinking
73- Decreased tendency to worry
74- Increases listening skills and empathy
75- Helps make more accurate judgements
76- Greater tolerance
77- Gives composure to act in considered & constructive ways
78- Grows a stable, more balanced personality
79- Develops emotional maturity

Spiritual benefits:
80- Helps keep things in perspective
81- Provides peace of mind, happiness
82- Helps you discover your purpose
83- Increased self-actualization.
84- Increased compassion
85- Growing wisdom
86- Deeper understanding of yourself and others
87- Brings body, mind, spirit in harmony
88- Deeper Level of spiritual relaxation
89- Increased acceptance of oneself
90- helps learn forgiveness
91- Changes attitude toward life
92- Creates a deeper relationship with your God
93- Attain enlightenment
94- greater inner-directedness
95- Helps living in the present moment
96- Creates a widening, deepening capacity for love
97- Discovery of the power and consciousness beyond the ego
98- Experience an inner sense of “Assurance or Knowingness”
99- Experience a sense of “Oneness”
100- Increases the synchronicity in your life

Meditation is also completely FREE! It requires no special equipment, and is not complicated to learn. It can be practiced anywhere, at any given moment, and it is not time consuming (15-20 min. per day is good). Best of all, meditation has NO negative side effects. Bottom line, there is nothing but positive to be gained from it! With such a huge list of benefits, the question you should ask yourself is, “why am I not meditating yet?”

If you need a point to start from, you should try guided meditation courses. They are inexpensive and can provide you with a good foundation from which to begin meditating.

Make sure you meditate, there are quite simply too many positives to just ignore it.

Taken from: http://www.ineedmotivation.com/blog/2008/05/100-benefits-of-meditation/

Meditation Music 1

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Morning Meditation

2010-12-23T03:03:00.000-08:00

A daily morning meditation can be a wonderful and refreshing start to your day. It helps to clarify your thinking as well as uplift your mood. My personal practice is to meditate for 15 minutes when I first awaken. It definitely energizes me, and grants me a soft focus that stays with me for the remainder of the day. There are a multitude of meditation techniques you can utilize depending on your personal preference. I prefer deep breathing meditation, where my attention is placed on the rhythm of my in and out breathing. Here is a informative link where you will find a wide variety of meditation techniques: http://www.freemeditations.com/

Perhaps you will discover a meditation perfectly and individually tailored for you!

Relaxing, Peaceful, Sleepy Music - Ancient Air

2010-12-23T02:53:00.000-08:00

So uplifting and peaceful!

Get to sleep FAST! SLEEP MUSIC

2010-12-23T02:34:00.000-08:00

Need a little help falling asleep? Nice remedy here.

The Best Relaxing Sounds Ever vol1 - The Ocean

2010-12-23T02:28:00.000-08:00

Ocean relaxation.

The sound of rain w/o music

2010-12-23T02:07:00.000-08:00

I love the sound of thunder and rain!

Virtual Serenity: The Journey Within

2010-12-23T01:59:00.000-08:00

Nice relaxation video!

Some helpful books on reconnecting to our True Self.

2010-12-22T02:45:00.000-08:00

Connecting To Our True Self

2010-12-22T02:38:00.000-08:00

From many of the spiritual books I have read of late, I have come across the concept of our True Self. Of course the idea that we have two selves, our ego based self, and an inner True self are not new. Years back I remember the modern mystic Vernon Howard speaking often about learning to live from our inner or True self. The idea that there is an inner self which can only respond with unconditional love and wisdom strikes a chord of Truth within myself. By practicing the ancient spiritual teaching of self observation, I am able to observe my ego based self in action in a calm, yet detached manner. It is amazing and often shocking to see some of my daily behavior from such a detached impersonal perspective. Hidden motivations for acts I performed became appallingly obvious, and it truly was a shock to discover that many of my altruistic deeds were done for selfish reasons.

It's not that our ego is necessarily evil in and of itself, we obviously have one for a reason. It is when the ego ceases to be the tool it was meant to be, and we identify with it that our problems begin. Our True self on the other hand is who we truly are, our uniquely divine inner spark that remains ever bright behind all the dark clouds of ego consciousness. Sometimes we have such enlightening moments when the ego clouds dissipate long enough for us to catch a glimpse of our True self, and we are able to respond to situations with grace and compassion. We feel connected to our divine wisdom and inner peace ensues.

It would appear that the basis of all the great spiritual traditions is to assist us in reconnecting with our True self. By practicing impartial self-observation we can see ourselves as we actually are, and not as we fancy ourselves to be. This is actually not a negative act at all, for once we shine the divine light of self observation on our dark actions, they dissipate. Of course the subject of our True self is far deeper and has many more facets than I could ever hope to cover here. There are many wonderful authors such as Vernon Howard, Guy Finley, and Sydney Banks who can start you on your path to discovering your True self. The best part of all is that you don't have to look anywhere outside of yourself, you have had it all along!

Subliminal Meditation to Develop Universal Cosmic Consciousness

2010-12-22T02:05:00.000-08:00

Fantastic video!

Song #29 - Close your eyes and relax, deeply (This really works!) music...

2010-12-21T00:08:00.000-08:00

So soothing to the Soul!

Song #19 - A deeply emotional instrumental by Paul Collier - Always watc...

2010-12-20T22:47:00.000-08:00

So beautiful and inspiring!

Song #11 - The Most Relaxing Music Ever!- Slow down -by Paul Collier

2010-12-20T22:42:00.000-08:00

Paul Collier is one of my favorite composers of meditation and relaxation music. Give yourself a mental break and enjoy his amazing videos!

Total Relaxation -- 10 Minute Meditation

2010-12-20T22:38:00.000-08:00

I love this relaxing meditation video!

My New Astore!

2010-12-20T22:23:00.000-08:00

Check out my new online bookstore, and browse to your hearts content in the privacy of your own home! Thanks!

http://astore.amazon.com/mysticrivers63-20

11:11 Awakening of Higher Knowledge and Awareness Delta/Theta/Alpha Medi...

2010-12-20T22:02:00.000-08:00

Very Healing!

Endorphin Release/Headache Relief - Delta/Theta/Gamma Meditation Binaura...

2010-12-20T21:53:00.000-08:00

Great stress reliever!

Happy Holidays!

2010-12-20T21:38:00.000-08:00

Regardless of our personal or religious beliefs, most of us have a special place in our hearts for the Christmas season. We each express the holiday season in our own unique fashion, perhaps through sacred rituals or family traditions passed down from generation to generation. Personally I celebrate Christmas not as a Christian holiday, but as it was celebrated in the pre-Christian era. You can glean some great information on that here: http://www.suite101.com/article.cfm/unsolved_mysteries/85686
Of course I add some personal touches to make my holiday celebration unique and personal. However you celebrate your Christmas, I want to wish you all a sacred, Soul and Love filled holiday season!

High Focus a Video that brings you gamma brainwaves to focus for your Wo...

2010-12-20T21:21:00.000-08:00

Solfeggio Harmonics - 852 HZ - Awakening Intuition

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Interesting Book On Modern Theosophy

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