What Are The Benefits Of Meditation?

If you ask different meditators, ‘what are the benefits of meditation?’ you will receive a wide variety of answers. You see, what one person might see as a benefit of meditation, another might see as an inconvenience that they are prepared to put up with, in order to enjoy a different benefit of meditation.

Let me give you an example. A man and a woman attend the same meditation class. The class consists of three parts. Part one is meditation practice, part two is philosophical discussion and part three is studying teachings of a particular meditation guru. During the class, the man enjoys the meditation practice and gets great benefit from it, loves the philosophical discussions but is not keen and can see no benefit in reading about what the meditation guru has to say.

At the same time, the woman, who attends the same meditation class, she too enjoys the meditation practice and gets great benefit from it, loves reading about what the guru has to say and gets great benefit from that too, but can see no benefit in the philosophical discussions.

So, it helps to know a little about your own preferences for you to get the maximum benefits out of your meditation.
There are a list of common benefits associated with meditation, they include;

1)   Stress reduction
2)   Lower blood pressure
3)   Aids concentration
4)   Aids relaxation
5)   Promotes clearer thinking
6)   Helps with mental health issues
7)   Helps with emotional health issues

And many, many more.

I personally believe that the greatest benefit of meditation is that it is the only way that I have discovered that reveals to me, more and more of me that I just never knew about. If you choose the ‘right’ meditation teacher, meditation can literally be like starting a new life. That is a life of deep personal, inner discoveries, without all the books, belief systems and dogma that many meditation classes include as standard.

I have taught meditation around the world for over twenty years and I have met many people, from a wide variety of cultures, who have experienced the benefits of meditation for themselves. I now have put my experience of teaching meditation into an online meditation membership site, where I share with the meditators a new meditation video each week.
You can watch a whole series of my meditation videos for free at http://www.meditationclassathome.com. These 5 videos will show you how to meditate and a whole lot more, then you can decide for yourself if you would like to experience the benefits of meditation for yourself.

Many people who have watched my free meditation classes, then go on to join my online meditation class, which you can do too. It only costs $1 for you to explore the large numbers of meditation videos, plus you will receive your weekly meditation class video as well. If you find that you are experiencing the benefits of meditation for yourself, (and I know you will), then that’s great.

However, after that, if you feel that you would benefit from attending some other meditation class, then at least you will be in a better position, as you will have explored the benefits of meditation for yourself.