The second is to clear the mind of all thoughts, focusing on the repetition. We re evidence-based. Alternative medicine is not. We teach empowered self-care. Several studies have shown that meditation influences the regions of the brain that process emotion and cardiorespiratory function.
Blood pressure drops, heart rate slows, pain subsides.
But skeptics contend little evidence exists showing long-term positive health effects from regular meditation. Bedside nurses find the short-term effects are more than enough to justify the practice. The look of meditation Hospital meditation centers can be elaborate. The Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center s Integrative Medicine Service in New York offers massage, acupuncture, and nutrition advice. Or they can be as simple as a converted patient-family meeting room at the San Francisco VA Medical Center.