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Meditation ❖ Mind-to-muscle relaxation technique that uses an object of focus ➢ Physical and psychological benefits ❖ Gaining control over one’s attention ➢ Relaxation tech involving the use of a Sanskrit word External Objects Used in Mediation ❖ Mandla: Geometric figure ❖ Nadam: Imagined sounds ❖ Mantra: Words used like “Aum” ❖ Koans: Unanswerable illogical riddles used ❖ Pranayama: Hindu practice that involves breathing as the object of focus ❖ Anapanasati: Zen practice that involves counting breaths Approaches to Meditation ❖ Opening up of attention ➢ Requires a non judgemental attitude ➢ Allows external or internal stimuli to enter awareness ➢ All stimuli are absorbed ❖ Focusing of attention ➢ Object of focus is either repetitive or unchanging Physiological Benefits ❖ Decreases: ➢ Rate of respiration ➢ Resting heart rate ➢ Muscle tension ➢ Galvanic Skin Response ❖ Increases alpha brain waves ➢ Resting state for prain ❖ Positively affects blood pressure ❖ Reduces cognitive stress and stress arousal ❖ Results in trophotropic response ➢ Trophotropic Response: Physiological state achieves when one is relaxed Psychological Benefits ❖ Reduction in anxiety ❖ Internal locus of control: degree to which people think they have control the outcome of events in their lives ❖ Greater self-actualization: achievement of one’s full potential

Heart Rhythm Meditation ❖ Designed to pull the richness of the universe into the person, and anchor it in the heart ➢ Accomplished by experiencing all kinds of emotions simultaneously ➢ Requires and causes expanded emotional capacity Consciousness Meditation ❖ Shuts down the distinction between the self and others so that the boundary between the two dissolves ➢ Rationale ➢ Sense of oneness with all occurs...