By sitting for maybe twenty or thirty minutes at a time, focusing on your chosen process, you can move into a space where you may eventually become blissfully unaware of time passing. No need for the Lotus position About the Author Lita de Alberdi is the founder of the School of the Living Light. For further information, contact her there for a free newsletter or details of her courses, tapes and books. Put simply, meditation is a way of slowing down. By sitting for maybe twenty or thirty minutes at a time, focusing on your chosen process, you can move into a space where you may eventually become blissfully unaware of time passing.
Meditation can be refreshing and nourishing as well as creating a sense of peace and inner harmony.
There is nothing new about meditation, it is a technique that has been followed for thousands of years. Physical benefits Meditation can slow down the processes of your body. Think of the great yogis who can slow down their heartbeat to practically nothing. Although you don't need to go to these lengths, when you move into a state of meditation your heart rate does decrease and your body relaxes. Your brain waves alter as well, they move from the normal waking wave patterns to slower, deeper waves which reflect the deep state of relaxation the mind can move into.