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Meditation is a technique that focusses on the interactions between the brain, mind, body, and behaviour, and the ways in which emotional, mental, social, spiritual, and behavioural factors can affect health.
Follow the links below to find information about meditation.
Reviewed January 2008
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Meditation
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Better Health Channel
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Meditation is the deliberate holding of one's attention on a subject, object or process. It may involve clearing the mind. Results can include feeling more 'alive', enhanced feelings of calm and heightened awareness. The regular practice of meditation offers many long-term health benefits, such as reduced stress and reduced blood pressure.
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Jul 2008
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Cancer pain management
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Better Health Channel
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Cancer causes pain. Medication (drugs) for pain relief includes paracetamol, non-opioid (aspirin-like medications and others) and opioid drugs (codeine and morphine). Therapies such as meditation, massage, acupuncture and yoga may help. Managing pain can improve sleep, energy levels and quality of life. Radiation, surgery, hormone therapy and chemotherapy may also relieve pain.
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Sep 2007
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Yoga - health benefits
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Better Health Channel
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The physical foundation of yoga is a series of structured poses synchronised with the breath. The benefits of regular practice include increased fitness and lower levels of stress and anxiety.
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Mar 2007
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Stress - learning to relax
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Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
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If you are feeling stressed, then you may be having trouble with sleeping and concentrating, and with being positive and hopeful. Your body may be trying to get you to recognise that it is feeling stressed by giving you headaches, making you feel sick, giving you indigestion, a fluttery feeling in the tummy, or any one of a number of other signs that are trying to show you that you need to relax. Here are some ideas to help you deal with stress.
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Jun 2008
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Relaxation techniques
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DepressioNet
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This introduces the concept of relaxation, presents information on the controlled breathing technique, muscle relaxation and using visual imagery. It includes information on mindfulness and overcoming obstacles in practising relaxation.
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Dec 2007
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