Blood Pressure and Meditation

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Blood Pressure and Meditation

 

 

Many of the blood pressure medications, the " alpha and beta-adrenergic

inhibitors " work by interrupting the activity of adrenalin, which

excites the body to " fight or flight, " and can raise the blood

pressure, in many people. Meditation works in much the same way. While

one is meditating, one has a respite from those jumbled thoughts and

anxieties experienced in normal, daily life that cause the body to

produce adrenalin, and other excitatory physic-chemicals. The body has

the respite to return to homeostasis, that is, to rebalance. If one

meditates once or twice every day, the rebalancing effect is greatly

enhanced.

 

The mind is often and correctly called " a drunken monkey, " because of

the constant clamor of disorderly thought and internal dialogue.

Meditation quiets the monkey, giving the body the ability to heal itself.

 

Some decades ago, a Westerner, a physician, I think, wrote a book

called " The Relaxation Response. " He noted that people who meditated

on the word " one " enjoyed lower blood pressure, among other physical

and emotional benefits. This was treated as a significant medical

discovery.. which was funny, since Easterners have employed this

technique for many millennia.

 

Of course, the primary benefit of yoga meditation is the elevation and

expansion of consciousness, sometimes to a divine degree. It is often

said that when one prays, one speaks to God, but when one meditates,

one listens to God.

 

 

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