Do not think by using healing meditation techniques every day will cure yourself of any illness. However, healing meditation techniques can help you not only manage your stress, but help your body’s natural healing functions. Usual medical therapies can be supported by meditation. People who feel they have hope and lower stress levels tend to heal better than those who feel utterly helpless. During your illness healing meditation techniques can also help improve the quality of your life.
What is the Technique?
Healing meditation is just like any other kind of meditation technique, only it involves you visualizing your body healing itself. You can sit, lie down, have your MRI scan, ride in the car as a passenger and initiate a healing meditation. You do not have to worship any particular Deity or have any incense lit or be in any particular bodily position.
You already know the basics of meditation this article is going to assume that. You are the type of person who focuses on one thing at a time. You live in the present moment and only in the present moment. You only need to practice a few minutes a day to begin with. At first it is very hard, and that’s okay. If you want to know more, there are many fine books, websites and DVDs on meditation techniques for beginners, not to mention the other articles included on this site.
Meditative state when you are in it, very strongly in your head imagine that your body’s white cells are battling mucus-green blobs. You don’t have to use that exact imagery, but that’s what I do. You might see your body’s immune system as a white light, or as little knights in shining armor ready to go forth in battle against invading bacteria. Have fun with it. Be good to you it’s your time.
How successful is it?
Results vary with healing meditation techniques among every individual. It seems to help some people better than others. When I say “work”, I mean helping to not only lessen pain, but help make the patient more relaxed and hopeful. There really isn’t any strong scientific evidence that healing meditation makes a significant contribution to an actual cure. But it certainly helps life to become more bearable, which is all some of us really need.
Blood lactate production can be reduced through healing meditation techniques or any kind of meditation, blood lactate is produced when the body is under stress. The hormone cortisol is also reduced through meditation, this helps put the body into a “flight or fight” mode.