Mediation/Relaxation can be traced back 3,000 years to Indian yogic practices and is also found in Christian literature and Jewish mystical traditions. It invokes a self-induced, qualitative shift in the state of one's consciousness, with related changes in cognition and feelings that contribute to an enhanced sense of physical and emotional well-being.
The term meditation refers to a variety of techniques or practices intended to focus or control attention. Most of them are rooted in Eastern religious or spiritual traditions. These techniques have been used by many different cultures throughout the world for thousands of years.
Today, many people use meditation outside of its traditional religious or cultural settings as a form of mind-body medicine. Many claims have been made about its value in promoting or improving health and wellness. Research on these claims, as well as on how meditation might work, is important for NCCAM and other components of the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
Once considered as an alternative therapy, meditation now has scientific evidence showing improvement to numerous medical and psychological conditions.
SEGO Choice suggests using mindfulness meditation as an integrative therapy to help the patient:
- Relax the body and quiet the mind
- Reduce stress & anxiety
- Improve low energy & fatigue
- Treat insomnia
- Chronic pain
- Gastrointestinal disorders
YOGA... Information on the benefits of Yoga coming soon.
For more information on many of these treatments, visit the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (www.nccam.nih.gov/), the Cochrane collaboration Complementary Medicine Field (www.compmed.umm.edu/cochrane/index.html)and Duke Integrative Medicine (www.dukeintegrativemedicine.org). These are good sources of high-quality information when researching the safety and effectiveness of a particular treatment.
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