How Meditation Works

Being diagnosed with a disease or having chronic pain is depressing and debilitating. After seeking medical treatment, many people seek alternative treatments. Meditation is an effective alternative treatment.

People should and must seek medical treatment for their health issues. Their physicians will help them plan an approach for treatment. This often involves a team of professionals who each have a different orientation. There is a plan to treat the whole person. Increasingly meditation has become a big part of the treatment approach. This is because it works!

The number of studies that have been done and are still being conducted show repeatedly that there are major benefits of meditation. There is strong evidence that mind/body therapies and exercise are effective. More facilities and medical programs include this modality in their treatment plan. Chronic pain, cancer pain, fibromyaglia pain, headaches, arthritis pain, muscle pain, nausea,and sleep disorders are all improved through meditation. All this and improved well being. One only need to go to any research website to see many examples of the proven benefits of alternative health treatments. This website will add links to new studies and alternative health articles for the consumer to review.

Mind/Body approaches can do the following:

Meditation can reverse heart disease the number one killer in the United States Meditation can reduce pain and enhance the immune system Daily meditation can improve mood, reduce anxiety, and depression. Guided imagery can reduce the level of stress which is correlated with increased blood pressure and heart rate Meditation technique is useful is reducing cholesterol levels Deep Relaxation can bring high blood pressure back into the normal range Positive affirmation can increase confidence and belief in one's wellness Meditation can reduce muscle tension Music has been found to relax the body and mind even when unconscious

These meditations are the results of many scientific studies and contain the best techniques that have been proven to impact upon disease, pain and recovery.

Each thirty minute meditation has guided imagery, progressive relaxation, breathing and music. The meditations are currently available in CD and cassette format.

The research is consistent. Meditation Works... Patients with chronic pain who practice meditation and relaxation techniques decreased anxiety and depression. They reduced the number of visits made to their physician for treatment by more than one third (39%). Continued practice of meditation techniques lead to even further reductions in the need for medical treatment. Research is proving that the mind can produce strong and effective healing.

Healing Power Meditations have been used by patients during chemotherapy for breast cancer and during radiation for prostate cancer.