I started practicing yoga and meditation at the age of 16 years, a year before my father became ill, also a doctor. Meditation helped me to get in touch with my interior, to understand their own emotions. It was a fascinating experience of the existential point of view
And you decided to share this experience with others?
While still in college created an international school ACEM meditation. It was two years before the year 1968, so that soon there are plenty of people who wanted to learn meditation, and our school has grown rapidly. My method is not based on any religion or philosophy - has been developed based on scientific knowledge, in the context of modern psychology.
Please tell me about it.
have conducted a series of studies, their results were published in scientific journals. We wanted to see what makes the technique of meditation that brings good results.
And as demonstrated by tests?
In the beginning, in the '60s observed that meditation induces physiological changes in the body: slow rhythm of heartbeats and breathing frequency, decrease muscle tension, lower blood pressure and lower oxygen consumption.
But you also claims that meditation produces changes in the brain.
Yes, last year published a series of articles in which dowodziliśmy that the brain waves during meditation ACEM refer not only to relax but also to some psychological process.
What does this mean?
When a person meditates, certain areas of his brain emits theta waves, which reduce stress, and the long term, lead to significant reduce tension, increase the capacity of the mind, stimulate the imagination and creativity, reduce pain, induce euphoria and heighten the status of the release of endorphins.
This is fantastic.
these allow us to make contact with the memories that wyparliśmy, which remain deep in our subconscious, with strong emotions , forgotten trauma. They allow us to clean up and organize these memories.
Is it true that after a long time meditation may modify our brain?
Yes, it produces permanent changes. This changes how we perceive ourselves, how we perceive other people, the relationships that we establish with them - all this is changing under the influence of meditation. Recent studies have shown that people who meditate regularly tend to have a thicker layer cortex. From other studies show that those who practice meditation, live longer.
Meditation also enhances the immune system of.
By reducing stress, reduced cortisol levels and strengthens the immune system, also affects a number of substances that inhibit growth of cancer cells. Has a beneficial effect on the immune system, protects against cancer and is beneficial for the heart.
And all this without incense and statues of Buddha?
ACEM method is to concentrate on one sound, not having any meaning, which we repeat herself. Do not focus Given the anything concrete, but let your thoughts flow freely. Do not try to force relaxation, and so our brain reaches this state, but it will be a spontaneous reaction, not a predetermined target.
during meditation does not focus on anything concrete, and just let our thoughts flow freely. How does it help us in solving specific problems?
With the relaxation of our personal, longstanding issues float to the surface of consciousness. Then we can solve them, but not in the way intellectual property, but by changing our attitude, by the fact that we perceive different things. Meditation triggers to some extent our creativity.
What else can be observed during meditation?
possible that will come to a vote such aspects of our personality, to which he never, we paid attention. Were pushed into the background somewhere as a result of our various life choices.
It's like psychoanalysis.
Yes, there are many similarities between meditation and psychoanalysis. The difference is that in psychoanalysis have to say.
It is said that words can heal, but in the case of meditation ...
Meditation works on a much deeper level, the so-called. przedpojęciowym. In psychoanalysis one can talk for hours and still nothing in it will not change. But if he manages to go on a deeper level, will benefit from the effect of meditation and reference the same benefits.
Does this mean that meditation is psychoanalysis for the poor?
is certainly more accessible to all, even for the most busy.
How often do you practice it?
Meditating twice a day for thirty minutes, after some time we will see significant changes in our personality.
few words from each other.
Often people ask what influence it can have a regular meditation, which produces results. I created many legends about this.
Meditation can be used in everyday life, in medicine, learning disabilities, improve the quality of life and not necessarily related to religion or esoteric.
If after some time you begin to fall into depression, end the meditation, because releasing stress, blocks, in other words, your psyche is purified from the negative experiences stored in the subconscious. Meditation opens the "doors" to be free to come to the surface and be odreagowane, but in this case is no longer needed help qualified therapist who will help you get through a very strong emotional states, which we can not help myself.
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