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I ask this fairly often - Can anyone show me some decent studies (with significant sample sizes, good controls etc.) that show any benefits of meditation worth

by Tenoke 13y ago

I ask this fairly often - Can anyone show me some decent studies (with significant sample sizes, good controls etc.) that show any benefits of meditation worth the 30-60 mins a day that you need for it? Alternatively, can I get the same benefits from just lying on my bed or listening to music for the same amount of time?

emperorcezar 13y ago
Don't know if anything in this helps, but Wikipedia links to some reasearch. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Research_on_meditation http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Research_on_meditation
- Tenoke 13y ago
  I've checked random studies from this wiki on multiple occasions and they weren't very convincing.
shock 13y ago
How would those studies benefit you personally? I haven't researched such studies but for me they don't provide any benefit. How would it help me if a study existed that suggested that 98% of people who practice meditation are happier if I'd be in the 2%? My point it: try it for yourself and see if _you_ get benefits from it. The rest is mostly irrelevant :)
- Tenoke 13y ago
  >How would it help me if a study existed that suggested that 98% of people who practice meditation are happier if I'd be in the 2%? I am way more likely to be in the 98% so I will put more effort into it and try it for real in this case. >try it for yourself and see if _you_ get benefits from it. A bunch of meditation practices suggest that you get benefits only after doing it for a while. I've personally tried some stuff and never got enough benefit to make up for the 30-60 mins of lost time but if there was more evidence for the benefits I'd try harder.
loceng 13y ago
I would suggest starting a yoga practice which would encompass meditation as one of the practices. Asana, the physical practice of yoga, is a great way to prepare the body and mind for a meditation or sitting. There's a wide range of meditation practices as well, it's a term similar to fitness - whereby there are many forms of fitness available, taught and practiced in different ways for different purposes.

by Tenoke 13y ago

emperorcezar 13y ago

Don't know if anything in this helps, but Wikipedia links to some reasearch. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Research_on_meditation http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Research_on_meditation

Tenoke 13y ago
I've checked random studies from this wiki on multiple occasions and they weren't very convincing.

shock 13y ago

How would those studies benefit you personally? I haven't researched such studies but for me they don't provide any benefit. How would it help me if a study existed that suggested that 98% of people who practice meditation are happier if I'd be in the 2%? My point it: try it for yourself and see if _you_ get benefits from it. The rest is mostly irrelevant :)

Tenoke 13y ago
>How would it help me if a study existed that suggested that 98% of people who practice meditation are happier if I'd be in the 2%? I am way more likely to be in the 98% so I will put more effort into it and try it for real in this case. >try it for yourself and see if _you_ get benefits from it. A bunch of meditation practices suggest that you get benefits only after doing it for a while. I've personally tried some stuff and never got enough benefit to make up for the 30-60 mins of lost time but if there was more evidence for the benefits I'd try harder.

loceng 13y ago

I would suggest starting a yoga practice which would encompass meditation as one of the practices. Asana, the physical practice of yoga, is a great way to prepare the body and mind for a meditation or sitting. There's a wide range of meditation practices as well, it's a term similar to fitness - whereby there are many forms of fitness available, taught and practiced in different ways for different purposes.