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Wednesday, December 2, 2009

Meditation Also Known as, How to Quiet 'Monkey Mind'

You have to finish a lab report by 9 a.m., spend the afternoon conveying your intellect and outstanding attention to detail in internship cover letters, rush to practice at 4 p.m. and scarf down dinner in time to make it to the 7 p.m. Habitat meeting. Oh and did I mention the three classes that are wedged in there also? You're stressed, to say the least. Well, meditation could be just the remedy your frazzled mind is begging for.

Meditation is an ancient Buddhist practice that utilizes a focus on breathing to eliminate conscious thought and calm the mind. For many people, the word 'meditation' evokes an image of a bearded man sitting cross-legged at the entrance to a cave or the foot of a mountain, but the reality is that it can be practiced by anyone, in any setting, from a dorm room floor to the dentist's chair. (More)

Source: Wheaton Wire

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