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Meditation is embraced by conventional medicine today as a perfectly acceptable means of lowering blood pressure, reducing pain, helping migraines, easing menstrual cramps, and, most importantly, reducing stress and anxiety.<\/p>\n
Not surprisingly, people who engage in regular meditation go through life in a calmer state, live longer, develop fewer chronic illnesses, are hospitalized less often, and take fewer prescription medications. A recent study showed that people with chronic low back pain reduced both their pain and their reliance on medication by practicing simple meditation techniques.<\/p>\n
You can learn meditation through books and audio recordings and also in groups at colleges, community centers, and hospitals. A typical recording guides you through a 30-minute meditation.<\/p>\n
You can also learn a lot about meditation on the internet. Google breath meditation, transcendental meditation, and mindfulness meditation, read about each, and see which appeals to you.<\/p>\n
Then, just start.<\/p>\n
Ultimately it\u2019s recommended that you meditate twice daily, in two 20-minute sessions, once before breakfast and once at bedtime. The more you practice, the better you\u2019ll become at achieving a state of calm and relaxation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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