The main difference between meditation and sleep is the obligatory presence of volitional effort - it ensures concentration and controls the entire meditative process.
What is the essence of meditation
In fact, meditation is a sequence of mental exercises that are included in various health or spiritual and religious practices.
The result is relief from anxiety, relief from depression, improved sleep and many other positive changes in a person’s life and health.
Once meditation becomes a living process for you, it does not matter whether the body is awake or asleep, the meditative process will continue.
Nevertheless, if you try to meditate while you sleep, the only thing you will get is bad sleep.
The study, published last year in the journal PLOS One, involved 190 health care workers working in emergency departments.
Researchers found that those who practiced mindfulness were less likely to experience anxiety and depression.
What happens to a person during meditation
Meditation is a mental effort: a person in the waking state focuses on an external or internal object.
Such concentration leads to a feeling of wholeness: a person merges with the object that he is exploring within himself.
As a result of meditation practice, a feeling of harmony appears.
Who is not suitable for meditation
The following conditions will be contraindications to intensive long-term meditation: - Serious mental disorders (documented now or in the past).
Serious mental disorders in close relatives.
During or immediately after taking antidepressants, psychotropics, or any substances that alter the psyche.
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