Improve health, wellbeing and performance through
regular relaxation and optimal breathing techniques
Studies of meditation and the brain indicate that regular meditation increases the number of alpha waves.
These alpha waves are associated with relaxation, and peaceful spiritual state. A high alpha activity protects against blood pressure and heart attack and manages the amount of stress hormones in the body.
If the meditation is deeper, it also increases the theta waves. Through this comes deeper relaxation, creative thinking, intuition and the ability for more effective probelm solving. In addition, more theta waves lead to increased openness to spiritual insight and enlightenment.
The delta waves that are awakened through the deepest meditation give practitioners the experience of entering into unconscious thought. People with a great deal of meditation experience develop an increase in gamma waves that are associated with intense focus and concentration, mostly in the pre frontal area of the brain where positive emotions are generated.
Other studies have established that meditation leads to:
These alpha waves are associated with relaxation, and peaceful spiritual state. A high alpha activity protects against blood pressure and heart attack and manages the amount of stress hormones in the body.
If the meditation is deeper, it also increases the theta waves. Through this comes deeper relaxation, creative thinking, intuition and the ability for more effective probelm solving. In addition, more theta waves lead to increased openness to spiritual insight and enlightenment.
The delta waves that are awakened through the deepest meditation give practitioners the experience of entering into unconscious thought. People with a great deal of meditation experience develop an increase in gamma waves that are associated with intense focus and concentration, mostly in the pre frontal area of the brain where positive emotions are generated.
Other studies have established that meditation leads to:
- Increase in thickness of those parts of the brain that are associated with cognitive and emotional management/acceptance and wellbeing.
- Increased activity in the parts of the brain used for developing ideas and decision making.
- Calmness in the area of the brain that is associated with emotional reaction.
- Increased blood flow to the brain.
- Prevention of the loss of ability to look at things from different angles, not just in black and white that normally happens as people get older.
Meditation techniques
Mantra meditation
With this meditaion technique people consciously focus on the repetition of a particular word, sentence or sound. Mantra meditation has a well known track record for reducing stress and through this, for regulating things like blood pressure and heart beat.
Mindfulness/Allertness
This form of meditation is aimed at allertness, for which one focusses on breathing and the full spectrum of sensations, both inner and outer hearing, smelling, tasting, touching and seeing. Recent research has shown that regularly engaging in these techniques makes people happier and improves the immune system. The Respilex system is a useful tool for both meditation techniques to reach or learn a deep meditative breathing of 6 times per minute or lower.
With this meditaion technique people consciously focus on the repetition of a particular word, sentence or sound. Mantra meditation has a well known track record for reducing stress and through this, for regulating things like blood pressure and heart beat.
Mindfulness/Allertness
This form of meditation is aimed at allertness, for which one focusses on breathing and the full spectrum of sensations, both inner and outer hearing, smelling, tasting, touching and seeing. Recent research has shown that regularly engaging in these techniques makes people happier and improves the immune system. The Respilex system is a useful tool for both meditation techniques to reach or learn a deep meditative breathing of 6 times per minute or lower.