Health Issues

Although, on the whole, meditation is a positive pursuit, adverse effects are sometimes reported, and it is important to be vigilant should such problems arise. These problems are largely of a...

Many studies claim that meditation can be used to ease problems associated with asthma and as asthma attacks are often associated with stress, shock or excessive physical strain it is clear why...

Meditation is widely agreed to have a positive effect on one’s health by western medical practitioners, psychologists, mainstream religious groups and spiritualists. However, many of the positive...

Meditating during pregnancy is said to reduce stress and make the physical symptoms of carriage easier to deal with. On the whole a calm and healthy mother is more likely to lead to the development...

It is believed that through spiritual meditation it may be possible to further and further detach consciousness from the body, thereby reducing the impact of pain. This can encourage all kinds of...

Although there is a wide history of experimentation with meditation and drugs that in Western society are illicit such as mescaline and L.S.D, it is doubtable that hallucinogenic drugs have a...

The menopause marks the end of a woman’s period cycle and is accompanied by a host of physical and psychological symptoms as well as emotional disturbances as the individual passes from one phase of...

For many women there is little that can be done to alleviate the physical and mental stress caused by Pre Menstrual Syndrome. In the case that you cannot alleviate PMS symptoms with either Western or...

Meditation is not a purely spiritual and intellectual pursuit and viewing it as such is likely to be to the detriment of your overall wellbeing. Developing an awareness of your body is in fact,...

Meditation has long been believed to be a principle form of healing in the widest sense. For some spiritual practitioners it is the most fundamental form of healing making all others, including...

As meditation naturally decreases your stress levels and leads to a healthier outlook on life it follows that it also helps to halt the aging process indirectly. Whilst this has been known for...

Meditation is thought to be effective in the treatment of cardiovascular illnesses and the reduction of risks to the cardiovascular system. Much of the research that exists concerning meditation...

Many people claim that they find it best to meditate in the morning. Spiritually speaking, the time before sunrise is often felt to be the point at which one can attain a closeness to the Earth, to...