Reduce_Stress_Through_Meditation

Reduce Stress Through Meditation Reduce Stress through Meditation With finals week coming up I thought an appropriate topic would be anxiety and stress reduction. Though covered very briefly in the book, I felt that part on meditation was very important. Mostly known for its use in various forms of Eastern Philosophy, it has become accepted very slowly here in the West. If done correctly this technique has been related to reduction of stress and other sorts of anxiety problems. It has also been linked to enhanced performance in sports and physical activity (Bernstein and Nash 131). Meditation produces a very quiet and peaceful state in which the meditator tries to be in what some call “the present tense”. Basically what this means is the meditator will clear their mind of all daily distractions and worries. This usually involves focusing their attention on music or even their own breathing for a certain length of time or until the meditation is complete. They are supposed to let go of any thoughts that some to mind and focus directly on the music or breath (Bernstein and Nash 131). According to the text meditation has been proven to relax muscles, and lower one’s blood pressure and heart rate meditation, very, stress, even, been, text, technique, reduction, really, nash, mind, book, bernstein, about, 131, week, various, time, thoughts, thought, though, relax, own, one’s, music, much, meditator, little, let, just, helps, hard, great, go, found, focus