Meditation and Wellbeing

In today’s competitive world, where everyone seems to be in a rat race to attain their goal, earning a livelihood generally brings in anxiety, tension, mental fatigue and this increases the possibility of lifestyle diseases. People are beginning to experience the emptiness of a materialistic, consumer focused, high pressure lifestyle and beginning to say NO to that way of life. The corporate world has recognized the need for employees to relax, recharge and regain their focus to achieve maximum productivity. According to the, English poet, John Milton, the mind is its own place, and in itself can make a heaven of Hell and a hell of Heaven. Meditation has entered the realm of health care as a method of stress and pain reduction. It helps to increase physical relaxation, mental calmness, and psychological balance and, thereby, create a feeling of overall wellness. It provides one of the best solutions without any side effects whatsoever. Even healthy people can find a sense of inner peace and satisfaction with the training and practice of meditation. The book is composed of select articles that provide both the eastern and western perspectives on meditation. The book discusses various meditation exercises like OM yoga meditation, transcendental meditation, vipassana meditation, metta meditation, mindfullness meditation and chakra meditation, besides providing the basic instructions to practice meditation in a very simple manner and highlighting its benefits. The book would be useful to people in all walks of life as everyone is in need of a panacea for the ills of fast paced life and meditation can easily be inculcated as a habit and become a part of daily routine.