The Importance Of The Meditation Response

Have you ever wanted to sit down and just relax for five minutes? Our lives are very busy. As other countries would say about America, they are always on the go. We never stop to think about ourselves. We always have too much to do, such as go to work every day to pay the bills. America is after the money. But once in a while we need to think of just ourselves. Some people need to engage in some type of relaxation. It would help them feel better by not feeling so edgy. Like they didn’t accomplish anything or have too much to accomplish. Relaxing can help people focus on their body and have control over it. I have previously heard of the relaxation response. Meditation is what I knew it as. Personally, I have never engaged in it. Because I

According to Herbert Benson, the response is defined as your personal ability to encourage your body to release chemicals and brain signals that make your muscles and organs slow down and increase blood flow to the brain. He also states that regular practice of the relaxation response can be an effective treatment for a wide range of stress-related disorders, as stated before. Benson studied that relaxation promotes better health, especially in individuals with hypertension. The relaxation response is the opposite reaction to the “fight or flight” response. Practicing this technique, will make a person better at it. Also, being in a quiet area will

In the morning I engaged in the activity about 7a.m. At night I practiced anywhere from 6p.m.-10p.m. Each session lasted for ten minutes. When I was in my bedroom, I tried it both sitting and laying on my bed, and sitting on the floor. In my living room I did it both sitting on the floor and sitting in a chair. Far as my dining room goes, I just sat in the chair at the table. I tried it laying down a couple times just to be different. To see if it made a difference in concentrating. The norm is to see someone sitting crisscross with their hands on their knees. But I dared to be different. Living in the city there are many distractions. Living in the city is different from living in the country. Some of my distractions were my cell phone, cars going by when my window was open, my roommate, television, and the dehumidifier. When first starting this activity I could not concentrate on what I was supposed to be doing because of another big distraction. My thoughts were simply going a hundred miles an hour. Thinking about what homework I had to do, when I had to work, and what was all going on these next two weeks. Some of these distractions were hard to