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BRILLIANT BENEFITS OF MEDITATION Meditation reduces stress, anxiety, pain, depression and enhances general wellbeing. A typical image of meditation is someone sitting in the lotus posture. But there are different ways to meditate – and it’s for each person to find out what works best to enhance their mind, body and soul. WORDS DAVID HURST
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editation helps us gain mental clarity and emotional calmness. It’s something that our ancestors fully knew about – and for excellent reasons. Even if they were not meditating as we know it today, they would be starting each day more calmly, observing what was around them much more than many people do in today’s bustling world. This century there are far too many people who are always a human doing rather than a human being. Known as dhyana, meditation’s first written references are in the Hindu Vedas texts from between 1500 and 700 BC. Forms of meditation also developed centuries ago in Confucianism, Taoism, Buddhism, Christianity and Islam. The word ‘meditation’ itself comes from Latin meditari, meaning ’to concentrate’. Here are some significantly positive benefits:
