Gender, Effect of Meditation on Anxiety
Purushottam M. Borkar
Acta Scientific Neurology January 31, 2022 DOI: 10.31080/asne.2022.05.0482 (opens in new tab)
Study at a glance
AI-extracted from the abstract| Characteristics | Peer reviewed |
|---|---|
| Intervention | Meditation |
| Topics | Anxiety Meditation |
| Key points | The text proposes that meditation is a technique that calms the mind, removes muscular tension, and enables close observation of one's personality and existence. It also asserts that anxiety underlies many physical and mental ailments and leads those affected to perceive the world as treacherous, insecure, and threatening. |
Abstract
Meditation means daydreaming or to engage oneself in imaginary things. Meditation is such an incantation, which calms the mind and settles it. we see all sides of your personality and existence, rather closely. Meditation is an altogether different technique to work accurately and minutely for achieving this. It removes the muscular tension, and these become relaxed. Anxiety is a basic cause of many physical and mental ailments. A person with anxiety feels the world around him as treacherous, insecure and threatening.
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