Meditation is a process to heal yourself from all earthly problems by welcoming a peace of mind and tranquility within your heart and soul in hopes that you are able to live your life as comfortably and happily as possible. If it seems this wonderful, then why not try it? Lately, I have been running amok for the past two weeks by preparing for my classes, digitally researching internship and employment opportunities, attending all of my organizations’ meetings and events and attempting to become much more sociable with my fellow peers at the same time. Well, at least, I am phenomenally accomplishing three out of the four tasks. All of this keeping up with life mantra has led to my own increase levels of stress. According to the American Psychological Association (APA), “Stress management can be complicated and confusing because there are different types of stress—acute stress, episodic acute stress and chronic stress.” These stresses have their own components to ensure a person’s understanding about his or her own well-being and state of mind. APA notes, “Acute stress comes from demands and pressures of the recent past and anticipated demands and pressures of the near future. Episodic acute stress details how a person frequently lives his or her life through disorder, chaos, crisis and he or she is described by having ‘a lot of nervous energy.’ Chronic stress wears people away day after day, year after year and destroys their bodies, minds and lives within their own dysfunctions.” All of the stress management criteria are unhealthy and detrimental to those who are afflicted by them. As college students who deal with the combined demands and pressures of our academic and social experiences, we may need immediate help if we are dealing with these harmful stresses within our lives. Luckily, there are many beneficial solutions, such as exercising, proper dieting and sleeping. However, mediating is also another helpful tactic that we can practice. According to the National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health, “Meditation is a mind and body practice that has a long history of use for increasing calmness and physical relaxation, improving psychological balance, coping with illness and enhancing overall health and well-being.” Meditation should occur in quiet, serene and tranquil areas where you feel most relax and free to alleviate your mind to the next level of mindfulness. Through mediating, you will remain unworried about your past, present and future decisions, actions and responsibilities by exhaling negative energies out of your bodies and inhaling the positive ones. As college students, we owe ourselves to become much better and healthier human beings so why not try becoming one through the meditation process. Sources: American Psychological Association, http://www.apa.org/helpcenter/stress-kinds.aspx National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health, https://nccih.nih.gov/health/meditation/overview.htm Meditation Image Courtesy of http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2016-01-17-1453056035-6391055-mediate.png
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