![]() Hypnosis will not put the universe in your sails, it will not help you achieve a state of flow, it will not help you attract and manifest abundance, nor will it open the door to your highest and best self. Meditation will help you master your dream cycle. No powerful insights into your waking life, no conscious interactions with other thoughts forms. No incredible, paradigm shattering experiences during your nightly shuteye. ![]() Meditation makes you aware of this as well as other universal truths. Hypnosis doesn't help you see that we are all but grains of sand on the beach, each unique yet all part of something much, much bigger. Hypnosis will not help you understand our deep interconnectivity, that we are all each expressions of the one great whole. Hypnosis will not help you fully quiet down the 50,000 thoughts per day that the human mind generates, moving from the hyperactive "monkey-mind" to the slow, deep thinking "ox-mind." Nor will it help you achieve true mindful awareness - where you become a true witness and detached observer of your thoughts. They are correct, doing a few sessions of hypnosis will never lead to much other than small goals. They simply want to kick a habit, heal some kind of trauma, or erase a limiting belief. Granted, most people who seek out hypnosis are not looking to colonize mars, create free energy, end world hunger, or save the planet. Most people who set out to accomplish small things often go higher and farther than they ever imagined possible. This week, you begin training for a triathlon. Last month you completed your 6th marathon, beating your personal best record of 3 hours 56 minutes. It began with a 2011 new year’s resolution to finally to get up off the couch, going for a light jog after work. All you have to do is make the call.The Upside: Meditation's Benefits Are Limitless. When it comes to the body's multiple disease linked "wildfire", meditation is the world's most expert firefighting team, extinguishing inflammation from every fire-hydrant on the block. With so many of us (unknowingly) running around with our bodies in perpetual fight or flight inflammation mode, putting out the wildfire can dramatically upgrade our mental, physical, and emotional health in unseen ways. There are quite a few studies showing this powerful link. Moreover, meditation dramatically reduces another critical brain and body " inflammer", the body's main stress hormone - cortisol. " Our genes are quite dynamic in their expression and these results suggest that the calmness of our mind can actually have a potential influence on their expression." How Meditation Drys Up Inflammation's "Fuel" Source: Cortisol Davidson, Professor of Psychology and Psychiatry at the UW–Madison, had this to say: On the implications, study author Richard J. In terms of their abilities, the meditators were found to have very low stress chemicals (cortisol) when giving an impromptu speech, while performing fast and accurate on the spot mental calculations in front of a live audience. ![]() What did they find?Īfter only 8 hours of practice, meditation had " down regulated" several key genes: RIPK2, COX2, & HDAC histone deacetylase - the same genes that anti-inflammatory & analgesic drugs target. Here are a couple of ways this is done: How Meditation Extinguishes Inflammation GenesĪccording to a recent published study, meditation works " Genie" gene magic on inflammation. Luckily, meditation has extinguished more wildfires than the National Park Service. The whole medical dictionary, from A to Z, starting with anxiety, can be linked to the body’s chronic inflammation " wildfire," with many nasty diseases the result - addiction, arthritis, asthma, cancer, depression, diabetes, heart disease, and obesity, just to name a few. More stress increases inflammation, which increases anxiety, you get the idea. Stress, anxiety, and inflammation live within a self-perpetuating ecosystem where - if you boost one, you boost the other two. Stress "Fans" Inflammation Flames: Meditation Conquers Stress Chilton believes that we are living in the midst of a chronic inflammation epidemic, with statistics becoming more and more alarming by the year. With stress as the leading contributor, Dr. ![]() outlines the severity of the problem in his 2006 book "Inflammation Nation." Wake Forest School of Medicine professor Floyd Chilton, Ph.D. Cortisol & Gene Expression: How Meditation Solves Inflammation A Modern Epidemic, Inflammation Is Linked To Most DiseaseĬhronic inflammation, especially within the brain, is a self-perpetuating, highly toxic body condition - the perfect petri-dish for disease to proliferate.
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