“In meditation, healing can happen. When the mind is calm, alert and totally contented, then it is like a laser beam – it is very powerful and healing can happen.”
~ Gurudev Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
Just like how only a healthy bud can blossom, similarly, only when we are healthy can we blossom to our full potential. To attain a perfect state of health, one has to be mentally calm, steady and emotionally stable. ‘Swasthya’ means health. It also means being in one's self. Swasthya or health is not just confined to the body and the mind but is also connected with consciousness. The clearer one’s consciousness, the more one’s sense of well-being increases.
Listed below are 6 ways how meditation has the power to heal:
1. Meditation increases prana (life energy)
Prana (life energy) is the basis of health and well-being for both, the body and mind. You can gain prana through meditation. When your body is alive with more prana, you feel alert, energetic, and full of life. Lack of prana results in lethargy, dullness, and low enthusiasm levels.
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2. Meditation heals illness
- Heal the mind through meditation.
- Meditation prevents stresses from entering the body system.
- It releases accumulated stress.
- It helps improve health, ups the happiness quotient and sustains a positive state of mind.
- The practice of meditation makes you peaceful.
- Meditation is like the servicing of the body-mind complex.
It is said the root of an illness is in the mind/consciousness. So, by attending to the mind, clearing it of any disturbances, the recovery speeds up. Illnesses can develop from:
- violation of natural law: for example, overeating
- imposed by nature: for example, common cold, or an epidemic
- release of past impressions or karma.
Nature itself provides a cure for these illnesses. Health and illness are part of physical nature. The practice of meditation helps to let go of stress, worries, and anxieties. This results in a positive state of mind, which in turn has a positive impact on the physical body, brain, and nervous system. Consequently, illness decreases.
One of the secret understanding of illness is that when you worry about illness, you give more power to it. You must remember that you are a combination of health and illness. When you know this and have a positive state of mind, then illnesses gradually disappear.
3. Clears emotional problems
A time may come in the future when people will be fined for being depressed because they are creating emotional pollution! The words that you hear from people around you affect your state of mind. They either give you peace and joy or create negative emotions, such as jealousy, anger, frustration or sadness. You are affected because the mind is not centered. Meditation is a key to clear away the emotional issues. Experience a state of deep rest and clarity of mind with ‘Transforming Emotions’, an online guided meditation by Gurudev Sri Sri Ravi Shankar.
4. Blossom from within
Meditation can bring about a spiritual transformation. As you learn more about life, the mystery of the whole creation unfolds. Then the questions that arise in the mind are - what is the meaning of life, what is its purpose, what is this world, what is love, what is knowledge?
Once these questions arise in you, know that you are fortunate. These questions need to be understood, you cannot find the answers in books. You have to live through them and witness the transformation. When you are transformed from within is a sign of perfect health.
5. Heal the world
Meditation purifies the environment. Meditation and Sudarshan Kriya have transformed the aggression and violence to compassion, love, and care in a cross-section of people. When you enter a place where someone is angry, the energy of that place is not pleasing. Similarly, when there is a harmonious or a happy activity, then that place has a different vibe. This happens because feelings Feelings are not isolated in one's body they are all around. It is in the whole environment because the mind is subtler than the five elements (earth, water, fire, air, ether). If there is a fire somewhere, the heat is not just in the fire, it is also radiating throughout the place. Similarly, if you are unhappy or depressed, you are not the only one who is feeling it, you are also spreading it to in your surrounding.
In the current global situation of conflicts and disease, it's important to meditate for a short while every day. Through meditation, you can nullify the negative vibrations in the environment, thereby creating a more harmonious environment.
6. Heals chakras
Chakras are energy points in our subtle body, which are located in the physical counterparts of the body, such as veins, nerves, and arteries. There are seven chakras and each has its own vitality and effect on different aspects of emotional well-being. The Art of Living’s guided meditation for Chakra Healing helps activate and optimize the functioning of these chakras.
The Sudarshan Kriya & meditation
The cornerstone of The Art of Living programs is the healing breath, known as the Sudarshan Kriya. This unique breathing practice is a potent energizer, with following benefits:
- every cell becomes fully oxygenated and flooded with new life
- flushes out negative emotions from the body
- releases tensions, frustrations and anger
- clears anxiety, depression, and lethargy
- gives relief to both the mind and body.
With regular practice, one becomes calm and centered with a clearer mind. A sense of joy in the moment prevails and one is able to smile from the heart.
Benefits of meditation are innumerable and each and every human must tap into their inner being for a more enriched living.
FAQ's about understanding the power of meditation
Understanding the power of meditation in the brain: A UCLA (University of California, Los Angeles is a public research university) study showed that only eight weeks of meditation increase the region in the brain associated with positive emotions. Research conducted by Dr. Eileen Ludersat at the UCLA Brain Mapping Centre has concluded that regular meditation fuels an increase in the growth of gray matter. It directly impacts the quality of our thinking. Two weeks of Sudarshan Kriya practice have shown a reduction in the stress hormone cortisol.
Mantra Meditation Panchkosha Meditation Yoga meditation is when yogic postures are in a meditative state. Keep complete attention on the breath and movement of the body. Morning Meditation Walking Meditation Reading Meditation Sleeping meditation or Yoga Nidra.
1. Reduces 5 or 6 major risk factors, repairs, and reverses the signs of Alzheimer’s and Dementia 2. Focus and concentration 3. The intuitive mind 4. Bursts of creative insight 5. Strikes a balance in your thinking 6. Both brain hemispheres work in tandem 7. Increases brain size 8. Boosts memory 9. Enhanced brain functioning - heightened awareness 10. A crystal-clear mind
Meditate 2-3 times a day for 20 minutes. Preferably early morning on sunrise, afternoon (before lunch), evening at sunset, or just before sleeping.
Find a quiet space where you're least likely to be disturbed. Aim to meditate at the same time of the day. Meditating at the same time builds a life-supporting habit. On waking or right after meditation, take a few moments to feel grateful to nature for every you have. Gratitude gives depth to your meditation. Meditate sitting upright so that you are fully awake and remain alert. Lying down for meditation can all too become round two of sleep.
Meditate 2-3 times a day for 20 minutes. Preferably early morning on sunrise, afternoon (before lunch), evening at sunset, or just before sleeping.
Earlier, when you are stressed and angry, it takes days to be calm. But on regular meditation, it will not take days to let go of negative feelings and emotions. Also, the frequency of letting go increases, and most of the time, you have a calm mind.
Yes, one of the effects of meditations is an increase in IQ. On regular meditation IQ levels increase in many ways. Both brain hemispheres work in tandem. Increases brain size and boosts memory. It endows you with focus, keeping your mind relaxed and helping you achieve your tasks effortlessly.
You are not required to meditate all day. Meditate 2-3 times a day for 20 minutes. Preferably early morning on sunrise, afternoon (before lunch), evening at sunset, or just before sleeping.
Meditation is one of the sure ways to improve IQ level. Regular meditation increases IQ level in many ways. It brings clarity, improves concentration (IQ), encourages intuition and stimulates creativity. Both brain hemispheres work in tandem. It increases brain size. It boosts memory. It endows you with focus, keeping your mind relaxed and helping you achieve your tasks effortlessly.
Meditating up to 20-25 minutes in a session is more than sufficient.
You don't need to meditate for hours to get the benefits of meditation. Meditate 2-3 times a day for 20 minutes. Perferably early morning on sunrise, afternoon (before lunch), evening at sunset or just before sleeping.
At 4 am when nature is still, the commotion of daily life has yet to start. In this atmosphere of harmony, experiencing harmony becomes that much easier. Experts have long considered the early hours of the day to be one of the best times to meditate. Try it for a few days to notice the difference. Ultimately, the best time to meditate is when you can.
Meditate 2-3 times a day for 20 minutes. Preferably early morning on sunrise, afternoon (before lunch), evening at sunset, or just before sleeping.
Yes, you can choose to meditate with light instrumental music to calm your mind and eventually dive deep into meditation.Yes, you can choose to meditate with light instrumental music to calm your mind and eventually dive deep into meditation.
