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Meditation and Mindfulness Plus Training
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© copyright 2006 L. Edwards
- Research studies on meditation now number in the thousands and they document
health benefits ranging from reduced stress, lower cholesterol levels, decreased
anxiety, elimination of headaches and reduction of mild to moderate depression, to
improved sleep, enhanced performance, better focus, stronger immune responses and
much more. The list of benefits for meditation goes on and on. And those are just the
researched health benefits from current studies.
The practices of meditation have been pursued for thousands of years and the
longitudinal studies that this vast literature on meditation represents document the
extraordinary states of consciousness and transcendent experiences that humans are
capable of and have been replicated countless times by individuals across history and
across differing traditions.
Though there are numerous meditation methods from many spiritual traditions,
scientific evidence points to certain dynamics underlying them. Dr. Edwards trains
people in the foundational practices and dynamics that are most effective for
developing a home based meditation routine. Over time with home practice the great
benefits of meditation accrue and transform the mind, body and everyday experience of
life. Meditation empowers the individual to access the innate abilities of their mind and
consciousness for transformation on many levels.
- The type of transformation you are interested in creating in your life may be health
related or aimed at enhanced performance in your field; it may be to develop greater
focus and calm or to pursue goals for personal achievement or growth; or it might be to
explore what your mind is truly capable of and expanding your vision of what is
possible. All these are reasons, as well as many others, that people have for learning
meditation and continuing to practice on their own. The inner resources that
meditation empowers you to access are literally beyond the mind's imagination. Yet
there they are, within you, waiting for you to discover them and make use of them. One
of my greatest meditation teachers used to say meditation is good for everyone, he
would say it makes doctors better doctors, lawyers better lawyers, plumbers better
plumbers, electricians better electricians and on and on. Having taught meditation to
individuals from all types of backgrounds, levels of education, ages, whether healthy,
sick or dying, I've seen the extraordinary power of meditation and the impact it can
have on everyone's life.
- Mindfulness Plus meditation combines the benefits of mindfulness meditation training
with the power and focus that the ancient use of mantra meditation provides. Having
trained in numerous meditative traditions and practices, and western neuroscience, Dr.
Edwards is uniquely qualified to teach individuals the practices that will work best for
them and to help them sustain an engaged meditation practice.
- For more information about group meditation programs visit Anam Cara, Inc., the non-
profit organization founded by Dr. Edwards for teaching meditative practices.
Transform Your Mind, Transform Your Life