Marlene Shiple, Ph.D. The Life Coach Dr.: Heal Your Past + Heal Your Thoughts + Heal Your Self => Heal Your Life!

I find this incredibly exciting! — science has substantiated the amazingly beneficial results of Meditation!  ‘Interested?  Read on …

A review of 47 randomized clinical studies of meditation was recently published in the internal medicine version of the Journal of the American Medical Association. These cMeditation: Benefits of Mindfulness Meditationlinical trials involved a total of 3,515 subjects.

The findings provided scientific evidence of the benefits of meditation for people with a medical condition.  It included effects against depression similar in size to the effects of antidepressant drugs. Meditation programs — specifically Mindfulness Meditation — were found to result in improvements in anxiety, depression and pain.

The review was led by Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine Assistant Professor of Medicine, Dr. Madhav Goval. This researcher concluded: “Our review indicates that meditation programs can reduce the negative dimensions of psychological stress. Mindfulness meditation programs, in particular, show  … improvements in anxiety, depression, and pain.”

So, what does this mean for you?  It means that attentive focus on the here-and-now has profound results for both medical and mental-emotional conditions. If you haven’t yet begun a regular meditation practice for yourself, it is certainly time to consider the personal benefits of doing so!

I invite you to comment on personal results you’ve experienced from Meditation!

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