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New research shows that it can affect the body as well as the mind, slow down the aging process, and even alter the structure of the brain. Dr Graham Phillips embarks on an eight week meditation course and undergoes a raft of rigorous brain tests and scans, to find out if the ancient art lives up to the current hype.
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ABC Science I have a few questions to his experiement: How did he meditate (how long and how often)? Is he continueing his meditations?
How many times per day and how many minutes each meditation lasted? in video, it only says 8 months every day - but that's too wide for interpretations... please specify!
Awesome!!
I practice meditation about 25 years, and seriously, now I can’t imagine how people live without meditation.
Practising mindfulness os very helpful in connecting with balancing body, mind and spirit. We practice mindfulness engaging LOVE energy to simply BE PRESENT. Love is the most powerful force in the universe. Peace, calm, creativity, gentle focus, concentration, balanced energy. Practicing mindfulness is a practice of self care and LOVE.
I’ve been meditating for 2 weeks 40-50 minutes each day,
Results: my chronic back pain disappear
Anxiety & depression are gone
I sleep like a baby now
I’m in a great mood all day
Meditation is changing my life I love it and I will meditate for the rest of my life 🙌🏻
wow.... how much do you meditate each day?
@@nikeshpoudel1461 at least 1 hour every day
@@yosoyyuri3276 1 hour omg ...
Wow this is so inspiring. I am so happy that you have discovered the many benefits of meditation and now sharing so the world can see the benefits. Wishing u a peaceful and happy life xx
What type of meditation?
Meditation cured me of 11 years of anorexia, have been recovered 2 years, still meditate to this day. 🕉
For how long daily do u meditate plz ?
lolo hijazi i have been told that a minimum of 30 minutes a day. 15 mins in morning and 15 mins in evening x
Amazing! Keep it up!!!👍👍👍💖👏
So happy for you. Wish you great health.💜
Becca Maleka great to hear your positive outcome. It’s definitely changed so many peoples lives for the better & so nice to hear your story.
Meditation healed my depression and improved clarity towards my goal. I was aimless until then.
I am aimless currently
I don't have depression, but it's never very good to see people go through that
By aimless you mean without knowing what you want in life? What your passions are?
Same with me! Mindfulness and self-love/compassion meditations. 🙏🌍♥️
@@somehuman8527 Yes self doubt, I was thinking a lot. Now I feel I am conscious of my capabilities. Now I have a goal and working towards it.
I’ve been on different antidepressants, mood stabilizers, and benzos over a 15 year period and by far regular meditation has made the biggest impact in improving my mental illnesses
That's Awesome ! Buddha would have been amazed to see that his teachings are still changing lives around 2500 years later. 😃
Mindfulness Meditation might help you, Melissa.
@@melissabrill1298 Oh dear. Mindfulness Meditation is the Best. I don't know the Basics Properly. Also, given the Covid situation, you can not go to a Meditation Centre. So, lemme find a Good video. I'll post it here if I get one ...
Meditation is free medication
Anthony Belt interesting how only one letter separates the two words 😊
Medication represses anxiety/depression, meditation cures it.
Bars😂
That's right the more deeper you go is like your meditating for a better or a expensive medication for your health.
I like that 👍 That’s a good way to put into words.
I practice mindfulness when walking my dogs. As I walk along I take notice of trees..birds..even cracks in walls...i don't think about them, i just observe.
Okay, brain. You don't like me, and I don't like you, but let's get through this thing ...
- Homer Simpson
That is painfully accurate
Haha. But seriously, the entire process is to get your brain in your control
@@amandeepbaghiana4510 It’s to disconnect from your thoughts leaving the brain only occupied with what u want, not your thoughts.
D'Oh! I knew that one too
If only I could like this comment a million times 😄
🕉 🕉 Meditation is one of the biggest gifts to humankind, After years of chronic depression and anxiety, Meditation is like a shining light to my awareness 🕉 🕉
Meditation allowed me to get off anti depressants. Truly incredible
happy for you Sarah, can you please share with me your experience
..:)
@@haririalaa6487 meditation helped me become more in tune with the present moment. When I was on anti depressants I felt like a body but no soul. Meditation allowed me to come back into my body and experience life. That’s why I was able get off
Did u have side effects on anti depressants Just curious because I used to have depression and believe it's a excuse for being a coward or not doing what u know u should be doing or just not having meaning and don't believe at all5% of the population have jacked hormones also seeing how everyone I've asked had side effects on these drugs implying that there's nothing wrong with the amount of seratonin they had
I began to meditate about 8 months ago. It has changed many things. It is part of my pledge to make age 50 to 75 the best years of my life. It has “rattled myself” - but in a good way. I am definitely different and much more able to deal with stress and other issues.
There’s this very strange thing I experience while half asleep or when in a deep meditative state. I get a feeling of “oneness” and extreme mental clarity, in which I just become impressed by the insights that come to my mind. I swear it’s the perfect state to make decisions because there’s this very incisive, wise, and objective quality to every single one of my thoughts. It almost feels alien, like I’m talking to a someone who knows way more than I do. It’s amazing and I wish more people meditated before making important decisions.
im an experienced meditator, and i am glad you have been able to experience this, it means you have become aware of the very obvious benefits, people usually do not believe in meditation or think its too woo-woo, but once they prove to themselves it helps they will in most cases stick to it, keep meditating really amazing thing you got going on
that’s when you realize the Absolute and make a Source connection it’s up to us to maintain the connection
Yes. As soon as I watched videos about meditation it gave me hope instantly and my problems seemed to be solving already. I have started practicing meditation since 2 days and it is already showing good results.
Oh my goodness, this is incredible. My own experiences resonate with this man's experience. I've also noticed that I've become less tired and less affected by external stimuli. I'm no longer affected much by what others do and/or say to me. My feelings have become more balanced and I'm able to mentally detach myself from situations, in a healthy way. Meditation is indeed powerful and incredible.
From how long you are meditating?
Dr Stalin - 2 years, and I'd never go back🙏🏻🙂
@@renatab4588 I think they meant, how long do you meditate for at a time?..... :)
Meditation is a gift to the world from India 🇮🇳 the spiritual capital 🙏🏻
no one cares
@@swind2553 if you not care doesn't mean other people also not care...nonsense
It's an ancient Chinese tradition don't just spill nonsense, indians just claim everything 😂
Meditation is a gift from "a" person from India we never referred about y'all. If you want to be treated as wise, then be wise instead of being proud for another individual so different from you
🍂 For anyone struggling to get into this, think of the usual methods as a starting point to figuring out what works for you. Nothing is absolute or mandatory.
You'll find a long list of people suggesting what worked for them and insistent on their process. The take-home message is that mindfulness is something you slowly learn and construct for yourself, piece by piece until you have something that excites you.
Don't like sitting? Lay down. Don't like closing your eyes? Keep them open. Don't like controlled breathing? Breathe normally.
Just remember to celebrate that you took the time out of your day to try.
Thank you, Patrick. Great advice!
I've been meaning to try to learn how to do that for a long time, but, as I go through life, and, well... grow up, I understand more an more how important this is.
I need any advice I can get.
Thank you
Beautiful put. Self kindness is so central to meditation
Thank you for this comment, Patrick, as I find it quite helpful. Thanks again.
Thank you so much Patrick ;) I needed to hear this. God bless you
Used to be drown in my own thoughts and worries and fears and all that. As a result I couldn’t sleep at night and even when I slept I couldn’t sleep for close to 5 hours which lead to more stress during the day. Started mindful breathing first thing in the morning and relaxation right before a sleep....heey I’m alive all day and energized and at night I sleep like a baby. It’s on thing I wish the world could start the practice.
Do you practice it in that traditional monk position? I tried once but couldn't get myself into it
is it halal?
Iman noor
Not. It is not halal but Almighty Allah didnt help him to even sleep. That is why he did meditation.😄😄😄😄😄..
I'm practicing medition for about 20 years. It's very helpful to me in many ways. Really good to my health, and mind.
what about memory ?
Ok today I pledge to start meditating from tomorrow morning Wednesday 30th September 2020. I have put a reminder in my phone to return to this chat in 8 wèeks time on Wednesday 25th November 2020 to leave honest feedback. Watch this space.
See you in eight weeks.
@@ABCScience 🙃
Patiently waiting for feedback.
Waiting for your results!
if you do it consistantly it will change you
maybe a little and maybe a lot
depends on your starting point
enjoy
I meditate daily. I practice "mindfulness ". In my foremind I watch my breath.
In the background of my fore brain I allow thoughts, feelings, emotions etc to float in and out peacefully on their own like clouds coming and going.....just doing their thing
I was always big nonbeliever in anything not directly confirmed by science, started with guided meditation on RUclips and it helped me sleep a lot, conventional medicine did nothing and I didn't know why, and here im now mediating every morning and evening feeling much greater
@HGB 1 they're called sheep, locked into the paradigm of science
Come to Sri Lanka and learn meditation top to bottom. Sri Lanka has meditation masters,because Sri Lanka is buddist country..
@HGB 1 that’s not right, you judging people. Calm down man.
@@newfilmtrailer7733Meditation is not a buddhist Thing it is Pre buddhist Practice existing from Thousands years.
meditation brought me back from traumatic brain injury, amnesia for years and depression ........somedays i call it eternal sunshine.....i look at everything like a child....6 years of kriya.....
Marcia: U R A MICACLE! THANKS 🙏 FOR SHARING..
Amazing!
@@ernawiget868 thank you so much, it was very hard at times but i would spend sometimes 4 hours just to get there, but now i can sit and it comes naturally in minutes.....i didnt know i was brain damaged or in amnesia, at first, it took years to find out that i had been, slowly memories came back.....kriya is the best for healing
@@jcpaquin8375 thank you so much, i am glad to tell my truth, it can change your life
I am suffering from depression, anxiety and panic attacks. I've finally decided to start meditation recently, alongside hypnotherapy. Only on day 3, maybe placebo effect, but I feel like it's starting to work. Hopefully it sticks!
How did it go?
@@gabriel39495 honestly I didn't need too many sessions of hypnotherapy. Consistent meditation schedule seems to be the key for me. I'm controlling my anxiety much better since I started meditating 👍
@@RagingTortoise great, man! Good to know you are doing well.
Any more updates?
Update! Update!
Probably the most complete video I have seen on the benefits of meditation.
“Once you have tasted flight, you will forever walk the earth with your eyes turned skyward,
for there you have been, and there you will always long to return.”
― Leonardo da Vinci
I read a big portion of the comments section and I found so many arguing about meditation from so many different points of view. All I have to say is:-
A lot of scientific, especially medical research is yet to be conducted on the physical and biochemical benefits of meditation. I'm a patient suffering from depression, anxiety and OCD. I take my medication and regularly visit my psychiatrist. I also talk to my psychotherapist every week. Both have recommended a balanced diet for good nutrition, physical exercise like Yoga, Tai-chi or at least regular brisk-walking. My psychotherapist has also recommended meditation of just a few minutes everyday.
Ever since then, I have gone online and researched if meditation truly has any evidence-based health benefits. So far I have found that modern science has at least proven that regular/daily meditation of at least 20 minutes increases concentration, memory power and reduces stress. It helps people suffering from anxiety, overthinking and stress. Even Webmd and healthline have recommended it. But THAT IS ALL. Whether or not meditation can be used to cure serious mental illnesses is not yet proven.
I believe the ancient natural sciences were based on a more holistic approach to wellbeing and to life. It was a combination of regular exercise, nutritious diet and meditation. I don't think the ancient yogis reaped benefits from meditation alone. Access to clean unpolluted drinking water, fresh air, plenty of sunlight, strong genes, good nutrition, regular exercise also played a big role in overall mental and physical health. Also living in a strongly attached community helped our ancestors back then. Today we have become very distant from each other. People in the modern times mostly communicate through electronic devices which is not as satisfying as physically being present with each other. Physical touch such as a warm embrace or even just a handshake has actually known to boost oxytocin levels in the brain which is really good for reducing anxiety and stress and depression. During ancient times, people socialized a lot and were mostly out of the house getting good amount of sunlight. Medical research and social psychology says that counted a great deal in better management of mental ailments. But more medical research needs to be done on whether meditation can actually cure mental illnesses or not. Until then, as a patient of depression and anxiety and OCD, I would simply suggest everyone to consult with their respective doctor and take medication, eat nutritious food and exercise regularly for at least a few minutes. Also meditate everyday but not for more than half an hour a day. Too much of anything can be harmful. Be holistic in approach instead.
I tried in a different way, I'm just an urbain meditator but since years with some stop and restart,
Maybe I'm wrong, but I don't use will....Yes at the beginning, I start on something, divine light there in the heart, and back and forth from this to the let go softely off the incoming thoughts.
Breath can help to come back to the central point. After an amount of time, it depend of your inner condition, pratice help. You don't need to do anything, meditation become automatique.
The dive into this space, start by some flash like dream, some visions like the light of the sun between leaves mouving in summer and then the peace... next, Nothing. Your mental can't go there.
But you're there.
There are 3 states, awake, dream and shusupti=deep sleeping, there is another one, turya but it is another story.
So in deep sleep, you exist but you're there. So it's the same thing for you when your soul go were the mental can't go.
Sometime experiences appears like you awake into an infinite sky with no cloud, you are there in meditation posture. Sometime for those who are psychics, You feel a spirit,
close to you, it's freaky at the beginning but there are not dangerous, just curious, like if meditation trigger something they can see. They are just curious, you can invite them to meditate with you or to pray to help them to go the light.
So, after that, some snooze, ha ha, that happen to me, not to snooze but to lost my stand like a junkie :-) But you awake and you restart, it depend on the time you meditate, a regular practice, is 1h per day ...(But as you like, just to feel good)
With others technniques to facilitate the dive in meditation.
The flow of thoughts can never end, when you're awake, the monkey mind is there having the control. Meditation could be simply a way to boring the monkey mind, until he release the control :-)
I rembered the first flop.
I was hardly meditating, with lot of will to concentrate mentally and physically, exhausted, doubting and then suddendly, I feel my self, up to my head, in peace, there looking, and around my head, all my thougths were turning around like a galaxy :-) Something in me, said: I'm not my thoughts. After that, I loved meditation:-)
The flow of thoughts can never end, but you can regulate the flow of the mental, it change and flop, gone.
I'm frustrated, I want to be there and see what there is beyond :-) => Turya.
You feel good anyway, you don't remember, maybe the peace, but you're heart remember.
Meditation is a gift to the humankind whatever you do or don't with it.
To end, meditation is not the life, is just a sort of mind, heart, chakras, aura, etc... yoga like you go to the gym.
You can have big goal like becoming a Buddha, why not.
I just want to be myself :-) Not only the guy you see, but the guy who , listening music at the sunset, suddenly, with no reason or trigger, feel the life in everything and something in background, something loving and everywhere, connected with you and with all the life there:-) It's bliss, gift of mother.
Meditation is good, make it a pleasure not like going to the wahsroom the morning, find your way, that will make you younger, yes, more strong against the stress and connected with the life.
Try in nature,with someone you love, there are so many states of being to live:-)
Amazing Video! I‘m meditating for 2 months now. My anxiety decreased a lot!
Meditation is not simply emptying head, being like stone statue, like some people understand meditation of Buddhists. Its increasing awareness, focusing on reality as is. For example, one can meditate and focus and increase awareness of mortality, simply that can bring peace to mind, because realization of how meaningless our current problems are.
As a lifelong meditator, I have no doubt at all of the benefits of regular practice. Did you notice how much better that Journo looked at the end of the 8 weeks compared to the start?
Years ago I realised that most of the problems I thought I had, were not actually mine, but other peoples..even members of my own family. When I broke them down, I realised that I was in a good place personally. I also realised that some of the things I was interested in like politics, climate change and religion..was also causing unease..as did listening to MSM. What I did was leave them behind..I did the same with social media. All are a distraction. This action alone changed my life. I no longer get drawn Into things I cannot change. Things I know have a negative affect on me. I now observe life with a detachment that years ago I would not have though possible.
About 30 minutes I explained to my sister that this is what Im trying to do as well. Stay away from bad news chanels and facebook and focus my energy on what I can do instead of getting angry about things I cant change.
Amazing how meditation help us being aware and take better decisions.
I wish i could feel the same in future
I don’t know who I would be without meditation in my life, it’s like water!
Weed, mushrooms, psychedelics all return you to this state of what it feels like when you deeply meditate.
This is a very good and inspiring video. I have been meditating on and off since 1968. But the last 10 years have been my most consistent. Katsuki Sekida's "Zen Training" is my favorite book on the subject, followed by Mark Williams and Danny Penman's "Mindfulness: Finding Peace in a Frantic World."
As I was told when I started meditation over fourth year's ago, mind is everything.
Personally been meditating daily my entire concious life and leaving details aside that may disturb some people, it has tremendous benefits and is as essential to me as sleep.
A couple of meditation tips for those new to meditation from someone who has done it for a long time:
1) Relax the body deeply for the first 5 minutes. Move through the body to where you feel tension and relax that area as much as you can. Feel the pleasure of relaxing, the pleasure of having this time for yourself to be quite & the pleasure of temporarily letting go of your world concerns. Meditation is supposed to be relaxing and feel good.
2) The first thing you will notice when you meditate is it's very hard to retain attention. The mind keeps wondering & won't do what you want. Most beginner meditators start to get frustrated. This is missing a very valuable insight. It's hard to control your mind because you are not really in control of it. Minds nature is that it has its own nature. This is a profound insight that early meditators overlook & turn into a problem. It's not a problem - it's the nature of mind. When you notice this. Notice this tendency of mind. Relax the body. Smile. And start again.
3) There is no such things as "bad" meditation. Drop the "I must achieve" Western mindset. And replace it with, "I wonder what my mind will do during this meditation?" Get curious about the nature of your own mind.
Good luck!
I will suggest best meditation technique...this is 10mins and 2steps...
1st step: 5mins,"closed eyes mindfull breathing" mediation
2nd step: close your eyes and imagine travel into dark tunnel for 5 mins..
Do this for minimum 4 to 5 times a day
..next day after sleep,u will feel with new conciousness...this will make u smart,what u want....teach u what u born for...🖤🖤🖤
CAUTION: NO IMAGINATION but direct observation (be aware of or acknowledge) of REAL experience of THE moment is involved in the process of mindfulness meditation. Another area of caution: Desire or expectation.
@@zworldview5624 yeah in 1st step u will get mindfull...in 2nd step it will make overcome your any fear and only open your mind for truth...be happy...in that steps,no one except anything only concentration...and what we seek,we only get that things...
Thank you for your suggestion I'm looking into this is this demonic I'm just asking?
@@KatinaLifeCoach4444 no more bad energies...while doing u will overcome fear and your scary things,it may trouble while doing,try to be calm..it make your mind live peace...
@@tamilalltrendings1896 thank you!
I was trying really hard to use my brain to heal my movement disorder (whatever that means) when I had my first out of body experience. I didn’t realize all the attention I was paying to my wrecked nervous system was reprogramming my brain to work in different ways.
Today I squatted 215lbs, did pull-ups wearing a 45lb plate and same for dips. And that was just the start of my workout! Tho dystonia destroyed most of my movement, Ive been able to learn new ways to contract my muscles. Meditation truly unlocked my brain!
Thank u. Meditating has changed my life in a very positive way
I think the conclusion from the comment section is....
If your depressed or have anxiety DEFINITELY meditate!!!!
Anyway thank you for this video, I learned a lot....
Meditation changes the structure of the brain for good. Making it efficient and increasing performance as well.
For my vacation, i wanted to challenge myself by meditating and doing yoga for 1hr and half + workout.Rather than just watching TV, eat, and sleep. I decided maybe I should add meditation+yoga to my daily good habit. I thought I wasnt gonna last for 2 weeks and would just quit after 5 days. I was wrong. Im on my 18th day and counting. I have more energy doing it everyday. I feel so relieved and Im glad I did it. It changed my life!
Meditation when you achieve no thoughts is powerful state of Mind.
Then you soul is free.
Meditation or the art of silencing your mind and accepting whatever happens.
Great
Time to start meditating
Been meditating since 2007. It’s serving me well. 😃
THE WESTERN WORLD HAS ALOT TO LEARN FROM THE EAST!!!
They sure do !!! We r a sacred powerhouse of knowledge . It's mind-blowing how those old sages knew every cell and atom at that age n era that r so hard to prove scientifically to this day .
@@chandrikapaul3704 well said
You don't need to yell.
If you fast for long periods of time and adopt a sentient food diet, you will in turn become more sensitive to everything around you, including emotions and other people's vibes, you then become more sensitive to the areas of the brain triggered by your mind, and yes if you focus on the present moment you tend to feel the frontal cortex of the brain activating followed by pure bliss. Once you achieve this state of mind, your desires will begin manifesting rapidly, and life just becomes like a magical experience, it's like a dreamlike state that I wish every human being begins to experience, but the choice is purely theirs. Kind of hard to do with the current society causing all this fear and disconnect from our true inner beings where our true power lies as human beings
About dealing with the boogeymen who come up from the depths when meditating Carl Yung said.....WE DO NOT BECOME ENLIGHTENED BY IMAGINING FIGURES OF LIGHT BUT MAKING THE DARKNESS CONSCIOUS.🙏
So so so very true. This is everything
My culture is so religious this suggestion would be considered demonic I am so thankful for your comment thank you thank you thank you thank you I am going to try this 🔥💪❤️❤️❤️🙏
Meditation is not just for reducing stress and anxiety. It serves an ultimate purpose. For better understanding one can understand the culture of India what old yogis have achieved with it.
Meditation actually gave me slight depression. Took the distraction out and made me notice my reality. Showed me that most people around me were going no where. Showed me that I wasn’t going no where as well. Makes you notice hard. Raw. Truths.
I think you maybe did it wrong. Meditation can help you accept the reality that you can’t change then you will feel less stressed
@@susy4027 lmao how do you meditate “wrong” 😂
You can certainly get Meditation wrong. For eg, if you try to Control your Thoughts, you are likely to Fail. Mindfulness Meditation is about Accepting what's happening to you. It's about Passively Observing Thoughts, Feelings, Bodily Sensations etc.
@@DipayanPyne94 control your thoughts? The purpose of mindfulness breathing to be mindful of your breath…Do I really need to explain it to you?
Julio, you did NOT read my previous comment carefully. I said 'If you try to Control your Thoughts, you are likely to FAIL'.
Never ever forget John Kabat zinn
The man who dedicated 30 years of his life to bring meditation to west world
How about the great thich nhat hanh
@@jemarnazareno553 don’t know about him
@@DariusKu you should he is like second to the dalai lama
Treu
The FIRST Credit should be given to BUDDHA. If I am not mistaken, Buddha discovered Vipassana and that is probably one of his greatest contributions to mankind !!
16:21 This point of view is very interesting. For me, it seems that meditation somehow triggers my mind to produce even more thoughts, especially those recalling past memories about bad times or traumas. It seems counterproductive, but I will try do push through and be more consistent with meditation, maybe one day I will experience different outcomes.
@Danny With your go ahead, I'd like to offer a perspective on that which may be helpful. Shall I?
I believe that bringing these things to light, is a nudge for us to confront them and deal with them accordingly. You can only sweep under the rug for so long.
Asking the universe to guide me to a perfect meditation for me time to get focused 💪🏽
Fantastic video great to understand the technicalities of the brain more. Thanks for sharing
This is certainly the best documentaries of meditation i have ever came across. Shall surely share with people on my list. 🖤
I agree
Great Video... Fantastic.
I do wish you had had Closed Captions on this video too.
Reading the words while listening, doubles the mind's remembering the content.
Take notes. Then watch again.
Meditation is my new friend.
Same!
"....without any further thinking..." That isn't the aim . You cannot stop thoughts, nor should you try. When the mind wanders ( which it will) simply notice and redirect it to an object of meditation. An object of meditation can be a sensation, the breath of even an external object such as a candle flame.
Thanks for sharing your positive experiences and reasons for meditating.
He also looks calm & peaceful after mindfulness.
Your beauty makes me feel calm too :)
Me: reading the comment section on "The science of meditation"
Also me: hears "for nearly 10 years, nick ran a drug empire"
No literally me rn😂😂
16:33 I strongly disagree, if you can remember something it might have been running in the background and probably affecting you subconsciously
Most definitely!
Watching this for motivation
Me too :)
Meditation has been practiced for centuries. I’m pretty sure the negatives are well known in many cultures and none have banned it. I’m sure they would be happy to share that data.
Yeah but for how many of them centuries did we have the tools to test the brain, no tech to do the research, also it's a hard thing to ban, so of course they didn't, how could you?
@@Mr.Goodkat With pure negativity. Our minds are remarkable at what we can overcome. Fear, negativity, and other things our US is currently doing is causing incredible stress. We should unite as one and meditate each and every day BECAUSE WE CAN! We are positive and healthy!!
@@Mr.Goodkat What's your point ?
@@JohnDoe-gf5gm He was saying he's pretty sure the negative effects would be well understood because it's been practiced for centuries and I responded that they may not have had the means to discover the negative effects because of not having the tech, then I made a second point about how it isn't the type of practice you could ban anyway, what is not to get?
There are no negative side effects of meditation.
Meditation is free which everyone can do. Is a really good free tool to help every living beings to improve personal growth and to look at the universe through your own self.
It's difficult to do when you have adhd but I'll keep trying if it's going to strengthen areas of the brain, particularly the pre-frontal cortex where we have difficulty with executive function.
You are just limiting yourself by thinking that way, just try it for few days and if possible come back and share your experience.
@@n15hch4l Spoken like a person who has no idea what it's like to live with ADHD. Mmmm, nothing like a fresh dose of ignorance.
Hey, you there, guy with no legs. You are just limiting yourself by thinking you can't walk, try it for a few days and if possible, come back and share your experience.
@@yeetyertbruvvvv Please do an apple to apple comparison, people with no legs might be comparable to mentally challenged people not with ADHD guys. Regarding meditation, do some research online and you can easy find hundreds of articles by credible sources that explains the effectiveness of meditation on ADHD patients. I know you will be able to do it. Give it a try for a few days and share the experience.
I am Vipassana mediator I can say based on my experience this is so true
It does seem strange to me, because when I meditate; it is a constant battle to refocus on the breath (beginning again) ; but this mental battle doesn't leave me feeling drained out like I had a mental workout. I feel calm after I meditate. It is very easy to get lost in thought, even getting lost in thought about what you will do with this new thing; then back to the breath. It works.
I will try it and I hope it works
@@peachypowell6565 Don't give up; the results of doing one each, 10 minute session per day after 30 days is life changing. I promise. I know it seems futile to engage in the act of doing less for a few minutes each day, but each day your mind will change a little bit stronger by a little bit stronger. I promise.
Thank you so much I have depression and I don't like it it's had to sleep at night because iam always thinking about the past and I want to move on from thinking about the past and think of the future and always think of happy thinks and sleep right though the night all the time forever
Please help me to do that thanks
@@peachypowell6565 You are not alone. It is the double edged sword of being a highly conscious creature.
First, your mind is the basis of everything you experience in life, and of every contribution you can make to the lives of others. So, given this fact, it makes sense to train it. You already know what it is like to have an untrained mind; we all do. It is what allows us to be less than happy even when things are about as good as they can get; even when everything is fine many of us are still consumed by stress. We spend very little time truly content; and focused in the present; and because of this we often fail to really connect with the people around us; even with the people we love most in the world.
Of course meditation slows aging, Aang was literally meditating for 100 years and he's still 10. (avatar: the last airbender fans please like this comment)
Also try the Wim Hof Method!!, i'm so inspired there are free natural "treatments" for things that really are a porblem in society, i wish they start teaching it in schools or something so we don't have to unlearn and learn how to think better xdd
Prevention is better than cure
After watching this video
Meditation is better than medication
There is an excellent book on meditation. Titled: "The healing power of meditation." By a host of professionals in the field of: "mindfulness meditation." Using an MRI in conjunction with a new technique at the time called:
"Fictional Scanning." 🤔
Put some subtitles on this!
Closed Captions too
Why? Australian accent is nice to hear
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It is a Beautiful Accent...
This video is Hard to Hear.
@@User-jr7vf so people who legitimately cannot physically hear can learn from this short doc.
Good thing west is stopping to dance in name of yog and practicing somewhat authentic practice. Happy for you. 💛
I have been using meditation since i was 14 years old
They showed Mr Spock at 4:15 during the daydreams/ distractions bit. Hey, Spock meditated all the time! He'd be the first to support the advice of the instructor!
Yeah lets stop this foolish propaganda. Spock is king, Spock is god 🖖
Pleasure # ABC Science for this kind of topic on Meditation.
Stress results from an external event internalized in a certain way. It is a synergistic condition given power only by perspective. The emotional internalization of the event determines the nature and intensity of the event's power. Stress can be either debilitating or motivating. The clarity, rationality, and serenity of such internalization is dependent upon spiritual health and physical health.
A wonderful video summarizing scientific findings.
What type of meditation, do you know Dzogchen meditation?
What is the difference between meditation and contemplation?
What does your internal dialogue look like during this ?
Do You know how to induce theta state (and the rest)
and most importantly, how to remain conscious in all brain modes?
im bipolar and find i can come off meds for a year by using meditation and positive thinking etc but when things become too stressful i have to back on meds again ... like lately but it tend s to happen due to a rejection by someone i feel i love ..its always been like that . but i still use meditation even when back on meds to help coz meds dont always work right away and with bipolar the meds only work if you actually lie down and realx and close yr eyes ...if you are still active etc they dont work as well ..u can fight it ... so using the meditation techniques helps the meds to work better and u get REM sleep which youre not always getting when your having a bipolar high
Your not bipolar your just aware of your happiness and unhappiness more frequent just realize when you feel bad and its just you try to do things when you dont want to or feel you cant your body will of less go into these modes it will get used to not discouraging you that you dont feel like it to make u feel better were all bipolar you cannot stay happy no matter what you have or get or win we all become bored or bipolar just implement more influential things in your life when you feel good for when you dont feel good and that will be more important thing to do
@@MrScheme617 Who are you to tell someone that they “aren’t bipolar.” That’s extremely inappropriate and invalidating
im also very interested in the theory that prisoners can be rehabiliated and if meditation helps them with stuff then thats good ..its not always going to help totally but its good therapy for them
Yes, every day its the most powerful way to shift inner brain states
That doctor that made a comment about meditation might be dangerous if it makes you forget about traumatic experiences and they resurface... I don’t think he understands what meditation is. And if he doesn’t, what makes him qualified to comment?
Kudos to all the people meditating out there. Please add one more thing in the list. Be very cautious of what you eat. Saatvik food will give benefits. It's proven.
Maybe I missed it but I'm 20 mins in and I've heard no mention on how often and how long his meditations were.
Jake !glad to hear that u want to meditate ...time totally depends on u ..how long u can sit with yourself... initially u will find it little uncomfortable to sit still...u can start slow ..10 min for few days..than slowly increase the time.. ideally 20 min of meditation everyday once is enough to see changes within 8weeks ...but be consistent .each day every day ..if possible at a fixed time ..so go ahead ..try it ..al the best👍
@@bhartishah8048 thank you so much. Very helpful :)
@@jakelecroy5553 I started with just 5-10 breathes worth everyday and it works to get you started. You will usually opt to go longer all on your own after 5 breathes :)
Adverse effects are referred to symptoms caused by medications or treatment. The increased anxiety or trauma symptoms are not adverse effects of meditation. These are due to reactivation of unhealed trauma as in exposure psychotherapy for trauma in the initial periods of treatment. There is no adverse effects on mind and body just benefits by meditation especially vipasana meditation once you are well adjusted and mind conditioning started changing.
Thank you for valuable information ℹ️
One night i just couldn't sleep due to my racing mind, untill i decided that i could control my mind as i had been doing jose silva mental reinforcement sessions w alpha tone in the background my fan slowly seemed to slow down w me, i knew it was impossible and the mind tried to pay alot of attention to it but i kept my self sinking and fell asleep!!!!
Please add subtitles. This isn't accessible to those with hearing loss. Would love to watch when you do.
The people saying meditation can be harmful to some people just don’t understand it. Saying that it can bring up painful memories. Well, yes it does. Then you work on it. Do you think we should just push that stuff back down? I mean it is in there. Lol. I do think some people just might not be cut out for the inner work. But people that have really suffered are the ones that will do the best.
Had he learned meditation before the MRI it wouldn’t have been so confining.
Hi Folks, Try this, align your in and out breath with the short crisp words like SO-HUM,
PEA-CE, JOY-FULL, and see the benefits go up several fold, it will also help you to settle down into meditative state faster.
I think meditation really helps me a lot, so I have been making videos to help other people mediating too
A question: I. was doing brain exercises from Brain HQ, do you have any evidence. that these exercises(not games) have an effect on meditation or visa versa. I did both during a six month period but stopped the Brain exercises. However, I felt that when doing these extremely challenging exercises in which you cannot focus on anything else but the moment... that in the beginning were actually stressful. When I got into meditation and got to a gamma state...i tried the exercises completely relaxed. Almost as if it wasn't there...actually the more relaxed I was...the better I performed on these exercises. Perhaps they feed one another?
It sure do.
That's really interesting, I tried Brain HQ for a short while and found the exercises stressful too. In fact they made me so tense that I stopped doing them. I could definitely see meditation giving a boost to the neuroplasticity, and if it helps one stay relaxed during the exercises that would be amazing.
Will meditation cure my learning disability? I’m 43, struggled with it all my life. My main problems are focusing and memory.
I'm guessing your disability is ADHD/ADD. Meditation might not be able to cure it completely but it may help you become better at managing it by improving your memory and your ability to focus better. Are you on any meds?
Plz add subtitles
Particularly English so that majority of world may understand this
Meditation cured me of drugs,
Fear of heights,
I also have a photographic memory.
How did you do that? Like hypnosis?
No by meditation alone,
Using the I Am method
@@ethrobins9441 really how did it cure your drug addiction and fear of heights
Meditate and find out
@@ethrobins9441 is this method taught on RUclips?
17:30 he says if you have anxiety disorder it may not be good for meditation, so should i do it or not? What about the negative stuff that doctor mentioned... i want to try but the stuff doctor said is making me stop, can someone convince me otherwise