The daily grind of modern living cause so much stress for millions of people worldwide. As a consequence, people take sleeping pills since their sleep cycles have been erratic due to stress and anxiety. There is now a higher incidence of depression and anxiety due to stress from daily life. Others cope with the stress through substance abuse such as drinking alcohol or taking drugs. Ironically, the things that people seek to reduce their stress even causes greater stress that takes toll not on their minds but their bodies as well.

Is there a natural and better solution to calm restless bodies and minds? A way of finding inner peace and satisfaction without taking drugs or medicines? Indeed, there are millions of practitioners of spiritual meditation that attests to the benefits of practicing this technique.

Spiritual meditation is actually a practice of communicating to a higher being known as God. Usually, Christians view spiritual meditation as prayer since there are words uttered known as prayers wherein a person can give thanks, worship or ask for supplications. Similarly, Buddhists practice spiritual meditation by chanting words that have energy. Also, these mantras are good for tuning up one’s breathing as people normally hold all the tension in their chest by doing shallow breathing. Meditation promotes heavy breathing that infuses oxygen and calms the body.

Buddhists and religious people promoted the practice of spiritual meditation since medieval times. Mystics and saints are said to have practiced spiritual meditation since they are praying most of the time which makes them very profound beings. In fact, some people seek the prayers of monks or Buddhists especially when they have a petition or certain need. Individuals that practice spiritual meditation believe that there are things beyond their control. A greater spiritual power above man that people should place their faith in.

Spiritual meditation is personal and special but the key element is relationship with a higher being. There are several CDs, videos and online manuals that can guide you through a meaningful spiritual meditation.