SYDNEY MEDITATION CENTRE

MEDITATION does not need to be a trance-like state in which you become oblivious to the world around you. Nor does it involve blanking out the mind. Instead meditation is, in essence, about learning to focus in the present so the mind becomes clear and the body relaxes. So long as you consciously focus on one thing and let all else fade into the background, almost any simple activity can serve your meditative practice.
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Learning to be in the present and focusing on just one thing is proving to have remarkable effects. And this is what is attracting so much contemporary scientific and medical attention. For recent research shows, meditation tones body and mind and unites both in delightful harmony. A harmonious body and mind means better health and a more balanced appreciation of all life's many ups and downs.
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Since Harvard Medical researcher, Dr Herbert Benson discovered in the mid 1970s the ‘relaxation response’ which meditation triggers in the body, scientists have become increasingly fascinated with meditation’s healthful potential. In further research 25 years later at the University of Wisconsin, for example, MRI brain imaging has traced the way meditation physically impacts on the pre-frontal cortexes changing the way the brain actually functions and over time permanently pumping up the joy and shrinking fearful responses; research indicating meditation can create not just a healthy body but a happier mind as well, just as that remarkable pioneering psycho-philosopher, the Buddha claimed 2500 years ago.
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Our lives are becoming ever more crowded and stressful. As work pressures increase, our health, relationships and emotional lives become impoverished. Work-related stress is a major hazard throughout the industrialized world fuelling poor work performance, occupation-related illness and consequent litigation. Such stresses are now becoming the concern of employers and managers sensitive to the need to reduce their vulnerability to hazards. Here too meditation is a proven means of reducing workplace stress and providing a healthier workplace culture.
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So are there short-cuts to great meditation experiences? Ten top tips for instant happiness? A single meditation session can lower your stress levels and calm your mind. And maybe that is all you need. But if you want the full benefits of the experience, as with any exercise for the body or learning experience for the mind, practice is required. With each practice though your reactions will become more finely tuned as the subtleties and delights of meditation reveal themselves and the longer term benefits become ever more evident. Now let’s start with out top ten tips to get you started and to keep you at it.
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