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Meditation is a wonderful way to improve your life. I would like to encourage everyone to meditate twice, daily. Typical times to meditate are in the morning, right after you wake up and again in the evening just before bed. Studies have shown that there are definite benefits regarding meditation and treating the symptoms of Multiple Sclerosis. As you may know, multiple sclerosis is a disease of the central nervous system. Myelin is being destroyed or injured and so the capacity of nerves to transmit impulses is lowered. MS affects people worldwide, with people being newly diagnosed daily. Many wonder what they can do to alleviate many of the symptoms of the disease. Meditation can help in dealing with the everyday aches, pains and stresses of the disease. A new study has shown that meditation can help patients with depression and the changes that come with the disease. As the disease progresses, whether slowly or quickly, so do the symptoms that go along with it. People with MS (multiple sclerosis) can slowly get weaker as their power and strength deteriorates. Often, MS patients need help from relatives or friends simply because they get more and more exhausted from the disease and its symptoms. Some may eventually need a wheelchair if the MS manifests the symptoms or the medications they have begun do not provide the expected effect. Others may also become bedridden and mobility is lost. How do these patients continue to live their lives as fully as possible? When you begin your teenage and adult life you also begin a journey of independence. As you move on in life, you may find your soul mate near you, but you are both adults living combined lives, while also maintaining your own individuality. You take many things for granted; simple tasks like going to the bathroom, making tea, taking a shower, cleaning the house, cooking, shopping and more.. How do people with multiple sclerosis do all this without help if they do not have the strength to do it all for themselves? They feel like a child, but in a grown-up’s body. They feel life is unfair and depending on others so much can often lead to depression. In a study regarding meditation and MS, a group of 180 persons diagnosed with the disease took part in a clinical study... The study was published on September 28, 2010 by the American Academy of Neurology. The patients were randomly separated into two groups, where they had meditation classes for a duration of eight weeks. Every week a trainer helped them with lessons and educated them about proper techniques and ideas of meditation. One of the important things they were taught was how to live in the present moment without judgment. At the beginning of the study around 65% of the participants had different levels of depression or anxiety. During the program there was only a 5% dropout rate. In the end, they found that the patients’ depression was reduced to about one third, and the positive effects of meditation were still evident even six months later. Clearly, it helped the patients to see the beautiful inner side of their life and to let go of the judgmental and negative thoughts. The results of this study reflect that meditation is a way to keep your mind in form, improving the effects of life. Those with MS can fight depression by meditating daily. Doing so will help you to see a difference in your life, even after a diagnosis of Multiple Sclerosis. About the Author Dr. Robert Puff, Ph.D. is a meditation expert, international speaker and the creator of the weekly Meditation For Health Podcast, available at http://www.MeditationForHealthPodcast.com. He also co-host, with Elizabeth Cappellettti, M.A., the weekly TV and web-show entitled The Holistic Success Show, which can watch at http://www.HolisticHealth.TV. Both the podcast and show are free for listening and viewing worldwide. If you would like to contact Dr. Puff, his e-mail address is DrPuff@cox.net
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