For Meditation we have terms and definitions in 15 topics. The topics are Acupuncture, Alternative Health, Alternative Medicine, Baby, Breast Cancer, Day Spa, Hippy, Holistic, Holistic Health, New Age, Paranormal, Science, Spa, Theology and Yoga.

Meditation (Acupuncture)

A relaxation technique that achieves a state of profound relaxation, inner harmony, and increased mental awareness through focusing on the breath, a word, an object, a silent prayer, etc.

Meditation (Alternative Health)

Meditation is an easy and simple way to balance a person's physical, emotional, and mental states. It is easily learned and has been used as an aid in treating stress, anxiety, pain management, and as part of an overall treatment for other conditions including hypertension and heart disease. Research shows that meditation decreases the heart rate, respiratory rate, oxygen consumption, and even decreases blood pressure.

Meditation (Alternative Medicine)

Meditation is an easy and simple way to balance a person's physical, emotional, and mental states. It is easily learned and has been used as an aid in treating stress, anxiety, pain management, and as part of an overall treatment for other conditions including hypertension and heart disease. Research shows that meditation decreases the heart rate, respiratory rate, oxygen consumption, and even decreases blood pressure.

Meditation (Baby)

form of relaxation that involves focusing on an object, picture, sound or activity

Meditation (Breast Cancer)

Any activity that keeps the attention pleasantly anchored in the present moment. There are two basic approaches to meditation

Meditation (Day Spa)

A form of concentration usually focused around breathing, relaxation, clearing one’s thoughts and becoming one with the inner and outer self.
Mehndi (see Henna)

Meditation (Hippy)

An exercise where one focuses one's attention, releving stress, allowing contemplation.

Meditation (Holistic)

Discipline in which the mind is focused on a single point of reference. Employed since ancient times in various forms by all religions, the practice gained greater notice in the postwar U.S. as interest in Zen Buddhism rose. Meditation is now used by many nonreligious adherents as a method of stress reduction; known to lower levels of cortisol, a hormone released in response to stress. Enhances recuperation and improves the body’s resistance to disease.

Meditation (Holistic Health)

Meditation is an ancient practice of relaxing and focusing the attention in the present moment. It has been known to help people become more relaxed and balanced, heal old traumas, confront death, “finish old business”, learn to forgive and to enhance self-esteem. It can also help stimulate creatividy, improve decision-making, and improve relationships with oneself and others. There are many different methods of meditation, including mandala, mantra, mudra, and breath. Mandala meditation involves focusing the eyes upon a sacred symbol. Mantra meditation uses a repetitive sound or word to help focus the mind and repattern brain waves. A mudra is a hand position that triggers pressure points on the hands that correspond to certain parts of the body or brain. One of the simplest and most commonly taught meditation techniques, especially in stress reduction classes, is to focus on the sensations of one’s breathing. As their thoughts wander, practitioners just notice them and return their focus to their breathing. Another method lets these random thoughts flow unobstructed while the practitioner does not to focus on any of them, but simply observes their passing without judgment.

Meditation (New Age)

1. Reflection, contemplation, a turning inward of the self to seek higher connection to the inner worlds, higher self or spirit guides. A quiet time in which the practitioner may bridge the gap between worlds and gather a particular thought and to bring them forward into the material life.
2. Science of contacting one's soul and of communicating with all of the etheral guidence available. Becoing or merging with Soul. Also the process of being open to spiritual impression and thus to cooperation with the Spiritual hierarchy.

Meditation (Paranormal)

Mental or physical-mental techniques which aim to produce spiritually desirable states of consciousness. See also ASC, Yoga.

Meditation (Science)

A relaxation technique. It usually involves sitting in a comfortable position in a quiet place and focusing one's mind on a word, sound, or phrase while breathing deeply and slowly.

Meditation (Spa)

Concentration on breathing, or on a particular thought, sound or image for a length of time. Regular meditation is believed to increase energy, well-being, and powers of concentration to reduce stress and anxiety.

Meditation (Theology)

A form of prayer, distinguished from contemplation, in which the mind uses images (such as those provided by Scripture) as a means for focussing on God.

Meditation (Yoga)

The emptying of the mind of thoughts, or concentration of the mind on just one thing in order to aid mental or spiritual development, contemplation, or relaxation. Although the practice originated in India, it is common to many religions. Hatha yoga is a form of meditation.

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