Meditating was once a considered something for hippies, but this is a view of the past as more than 10 million people in the United States alone practice meditation on a regular basis.

Below you’ll find some interesting headlines from meditation articles in the media. These are only a few headlines out there, but I think you’ll find them quite interesting!

If big authorities like the Washington Times and Time Magazine are talking about meditation, it’s a good sign that meditation is the way of the future. The excerpts below truly highlight the benefits of meditation and remind us of how important it is to meditate on a daily basis.

Wash­ing­ton Times – Aug 14, 2003
A new study shows [that] peo­ple who under­went med­i­ta­tion train­ing pro­duced more anti­bod­ies to a flu vac­cine than peo­ple who did not med­i­tate. Those who took part in the med­i­ta­tion study also showed signs of increased activ­ity in areas of the brain related to pos­i­tive emo­tion, as com­pared to peo­ple who did not meditate.

CBS News – Aug 27, 2003
Peo­ple who med­i­tate these days come from all walks of life and aren’t nec­es­sar­ily weird New Agers or pre­ten­tious actors. Stu­dents, lawyers, West Point cadets, ath­letes, pris­on­ers, and gov­ern­ment offi­cials all med­i­tate. It’s sup­posed to help depres­sion, con­trol pain, increase longevity, slow down can­cers, invig­o­rate the immune sys­tem, and sig­nif­i­cantly reduce blood pres­sure. Time mag­a­zine recently reported that “med­i­ta­tion can some­times be used to replace Viagra.”

Time Mag­a­zine – Aug 4, 2003
Not only do stud­ies show that med­i­ta­tion is boost­ing their immune sys­tem, but brain scans sug­gest that it may be rewiring their brains to reduce stress. It’s rec­om­mended by more and more physi­cians as a way to pre­vent, slow or at least con­trol the pain of chronic dis­eases like heart con­di­tions, AIDS, can­cer and infertility.