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1 MEDITATION Talman Brivio Psychology 1010

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3 The act or process of spending time in quiet thought.

4 An expression of a person’s thoughts on something.

5 Meditation has been practiced since antiquity as a component of numerous religious traditions and beliefs.

6 The soothing power of repetition is at the heart of meditation.

7 Focusing on the breath, ignoring thoughts, and repeating a word or phrase (mantra) creates the biological response of relaxation.

8 The practice of meditation changes the way neurons in the brain talk to one another creating new neural circuits.

9 Meditation can help certain regions in the brain become thicker and more dense resulting in increase intellect, blood flow, and immune system.

10 Meditation training has been shown to affect emotional processing in the brain.

11 Results are consistent with the hypothesis that meditation may result in enduring beneficial changes in brain function.

12 Meditation is often used to clear the mind and ease many health issues such as high blood pressure, depression, stress and anxiety.

13 There are many different types of Meditation techniques that are practiced by people from all walks of life.

14 Mindfulness Meditation. Transcendental Meditation. Zen Meditation. Taoist Meditation. Buddhist Meditation.

15 Mindfulness Meditation has been reported to enhance numerous mental abilities, including rapid memory recall.

16 Mindfulness Meditation is a simple type of meditation teaching us to be mindful and alert of everything we do in our lives giving deliberate thought and concentration to everything we do.

17 Learning how to be aware of the present moment in meditation may keep your mind sharp and help you focus better in other areas of life as well.

18 Meditation can help you relax because you are not worrying about what happened before or what may occur in the future.

19 Mindfulness: Paying attention to the present moment with intention, while letting go of judgment, as if your life depends on it.

20 When you start, try to meditate for only 10 minutes at a time. Then you can increase the time bit by bit.

21 Ready to give it a try? Remember that it takes time to train your brain to focus on the present, so be patient and gentle with yourself.

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24 Meditation video: http://www.prana.com/life/2013/03/24/onmeditation/

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26 Psychology 1010 Reflective Writing Having the opportunity to do my presentation and write about this great topic Meditation. Doing my research I found that Meditation techniques has been practiced for humans for thousands of years, that they are many techniques around the world, but that Repetition – mantra- and Breathing is the core of Meditation! Specially Mindfulness Meditation, and how this practice can help with Stress management. Living with busy lives, family, school, work, kids, etc. can improve our brain and mind. This technique help you to relax because is focus on the present moment, and you are not worrying about the past or the future and been aware of your surrounding. After learning all this new and exciting information, I look forward to practice Mindfulness Meditation in my daily basis live to help me to relax and to have better techniques with stress management. my E-Portfolio link: http://www.talmanbrivio.yolasite.com/general-education.phphttp://www.talmanbrivio.yolasite.com/general-education.php


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