Types of Meditation

There are many different kinds of meditation, and all elicit what Dr. Herbert Benson, director emeritus of the Benson-Henry Institute for Mind Body Medicine at Harvard University, has named the relaxation response. The relaxation response is in opposition to the body's stress or fight-or-flight response, and may help improve health conditions that are aggravated by stress, like heart disease, depression, insomnia, hot flashes and others. (More)

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