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With todays fast paced and dynamic environment, people often find it hard to balance their time with the activities and things that they do. More often than not, they have to settle with a huge amount of workload with little time for themselves. However, what people dont know is that even for just five to ten minutes per day they can engage in meditative practices. Seeing this, the practice of meditation not only is a viable approach in reinforcing ones personal capabilities but also a good approach in attaining inner peace even for a short period of time.

Debunking common misconceptions
Contrary to the common belief that meditation is only practiced in the Eastern world, this process has slowly been evolving within the Western mindset as an important criterion towards alleviating and addressing ones personal need for silence (Project-meditation, p.1). Since its definition corresponds with the ability to seek a calm and quiet environment, associating cultural parameters within the approach would be a wrong argument to consider. Seeing this, meditation is more of a personal dedication to find appropriate time and space to unwind and seek the tranquility amidst the current challenges of reality.

Similarly, there are also people that say meditation is only a waste of time and hinder the ability of people to get more time to sleep or rest. However, numerous research and studies have already been conducted proving the significance and value of engaging towards meditation. This not only corresponds to health associated benefits but also on other areas that also shape human development and growth (Pettinger, p.1). That is why many people even in the Western world are realizing the benefits that this practice can contribute to their lives.

Health Benefits
One important benefit that meditation provides is the associated improvements it can contribute to ones health. In particular, this practice improves the mental state of individuals by lessening the negative effects of stress, anxiety, and depression that might have been caused by internal and external factors. Many studies have provided the same conclusions and highlighted the particular dynamics that is happening within a persons body. Collin mentions that Neuroscientists have found that meditators shift their brain activity to different areas of the cortex - brain waves in the stress-prone right frontal cortex move to the calmer left frontal cortex (p.1).

Similarly, other positive effects in the body can be seen when people engage in meditation. This can be seen in the way meditation is applied. Such approach in turn creates better ways for people to breath and offers better circulation of air in the lungs and oxygen into the bloodstream (Pettinger, p.1). This then relaxes the whole body as both tension and stress levels go down significantly. Likewise, other experts have argued that with continued practice of motivation then reduce the risk of people to become affected by risk factors such as hypertension and heart attack.

Emotional and Psychological Stability
Other positive impact that meditation can bring involve its ability to nurture ones emotional and psychological stability. In essence, having the ability to achieve inner peace creates the ability to stabilize emotional hurdles and difficulties by an individual. Since meditation involves personal detachment, it is through such process that the individual regains control of their individual thoughts and feelings over certain issues that continues to bother people (Project-meditation p.1). Likewise, meditation touches the emotional sphere by its ability to induce happiness and peace of mind among individuals. This revolves around having the time to rethink experiences and helps people understand the proper attitude and perspective over things that are really important.

At the same time, the same benefit can be seen in the psychological sphere as meditation opens up the capacity to develop an understanding of the self. This then boosts one confidence in addressing the challenges of life. In addition, it caters creativity on the individual and provides the necessary confidence to achieve their corresponding purpose and goals (Pettinger, p.1). This realization then triggers the positive response and allows the person to recognize purpose and direction towards hisher individual actions or decisions.

Numerous Choices
Given its associated benefits, people who seek to engage in meditation can choose from different types. These types can coincide with the individuals preference and become an essential tool towards discovering what system is the best for each one. Project-meditation points out that various types of meditation that are recognized include transcendental meditation, prayer, Zen meditation, Taoist meditation, mindfulness meditation, and Buddhist meditation (p.1). Regardless of the styles these variations can give, it can be seen that the end-result still remains rooted in providing the person a quiet and solitary time.

In the end, regardless of whether one practices for 10 minutes or 1 hour, engaging to the process of meditation can reap positive benefits to a person. It is through this process that we gain the ability to appreciate the value of silence and rediscover our own individual purpose. Thus, allowing ourselves to become immersed in such activityhobby not only provides an opportunity to take care of our body but also continuously respond to the ever changing and dynamic world that we live in.