万花筒 2009-01-09 冥想的好处

Close your eyes and bring your attention inward.

 

This is Kevin Houston’s second lesson on how to meditate¹ and already the 46-year-old says he's feeling less stressed and more focused.

 

Meditation² helps you just, I think, that's, to have some clarity of mind, to have a little bit more,for me, a little bit more patience.

 

What Kevin and his classmates might not realize is that researchers have shown even simple meditation techniques can benefit the entire body.

 

Relaxing your body actually will turn down your heart rate. It turns down your blood pressure.

 

Psychiatrist³ Charles Raison says there are many different ways to practice meditation, but keeping your mind from wandering is one of the most difficult tricks.

 

The experience of meditating⁴, at least through my experience, is extremely powerful and can often be kind of revelatory about your internal state.

 

For that reason, he recommends taking a class and practicing.

 

Over a period of time, you're able to focus and to look within for the peace and the quiet, no matter how stressful the moment is.

 

A lesson that goes beyond the class.

 

For Today's Health Minute, I am Judy Fortin.

 

1 meditate   

v.想，考虑，（尤指宗教上的）沉思，冥想

参考例句：

• It is important to meditate on the meaning of life.思考人生的意义很重要。
• I was meditating,and reached a higher state of consciousness.我在冥想，并进入了一个更高的意识境界。

2 meditation   

n.熟虑，（尤指宗教的）默想，沉思，（pl.）冥想录

参考例句：

• This peaceful garden lends itself to meditation.这个恬静的花园适于冥想。
• I'm sorry to interrupt your meditation.很抱歉，我打断了你的沉思。

3 psychiatrist   

n.精神病专家；精神病医师

参考例句：

• He went to a psychiatrist about his compulsive gambling.他去看精神科医生治疗不能自拔的赌瘾。
• The psychiatrist corrected him gently.精神病医师彬彬有礼地纠正他。

4 meditating   

a.沉思的，冥想的

参考例句：

• They were meditating revenge. 他们在谋划进行报复。
• The congressman is meditating a reply to his critics. 这位国会议员正在考虑给他的批评者一个答复。