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Meditation could pave the pathway to a more organized mind.

People who have practiced meditation for many years exhibited increased gamma brain wave activity in a recent study. Gamma waves represent brain activity involved in attention, learning, and memory. Help your mind stay nimble by taking a meditation course or boning up on meditation with a book.

There are many schools of meditation.

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kushi

9 of 9 people found this helpful.

5/9/2008 8:12:36 AM

one of the most effective meditation method in India is Yognidra. its a 30 to 45 minute meditation. and it takes time to relax your mind and increase your concentration. Patients of depression and heart patients are mostly suggested for meditation, but its beneficial for everyone. It increases your control over your body and senses. But Yognidra can be done in the presence of a master or you can buy CDs for the same. one of the best CDs for Yognidra is "Yoga Nidra & Meditation " by Swami Satyananda Saraswati.You can check the "www.atmacenter.com" for same .

taiche

5 of 7 people found this helpful.

4/29/2008 2:00:28 PM

It would seem that the breathing habits and movements of Tai Che would do some of the things meditation and stretching do. Performances of asian elderly seem to suggest such

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