| News flash! You can reduce stress with meditation | | | | Fortunately, technology has come to the rescue. It is |
| and without: | | | | now possible to buy a CD that will allow you, in |
| - Becoming a Buddhist monk | | | | minutes, to reach a state of tranquility that 20 year |
| - years of training | | | | meditators find it hard to achieve. This is done by using |
| - sitting on mountain tops | | | | binaural beat technology. |
| - Handing over piles of cash to a guru | | | | Your brain produces electrical signals across a range |
| When some people think of meditation, they picture | | | | of frequencies, all the time. These frequencies vary |
| some long haired tree hugger, sitting in a lotus posture | | | | depending on what kind of mental activity you are |
| for 6 hours a day and chanting OM. In other words, it is | | | | doing and how stressed or relaxed you are. |
| not something that they can see themselves being | | | | By using headphones, a different frequency can be |
| associated with or gaining any benefit from. But I can | | | | played in each ear. This difference is resolved by the |
| tell you from my own experience that, as the pace of | | | | brain to produce frequencies associated with deep |
| life and the stress that comes with it increase, | | | | relaxation. This process, known as entrainment, was |
| meditation can be a life saver. And it doesn't have to | | | | discovered back in the seventies. |
| be hard either. In fact, it can be effortless. | | | | But who needs to know all that? All that matters is |
| It is true that traditional forms of meditation do require | | | | that it has been proven since then, to produce results. |
| practice, sometimes years of it, some dedication and | | | | And that's what we want, isn't it. No effort. No fuss. |
| commitment, and they aren't even guaranteed to work! | | | | Just press play and chill. Reduce stress with meditation |
| Who needs all that when you just want to unwind | | | | like a master. |
| after a hard day at the office? | | | | |