WHY MEDITATION?   Last column, I wrote about all the things I am want to talk about in this column, except for one very important thing.  Why meditation?  Why should you meditate?  What are the benefits to meditation?   Every day, we are called upon to play different roles in all aspects of our lives.  We are overworked, over-stressed, pulled in ten different directions.  Every second, we experience a constant barrage of conscious and subconscious thoughts.  This is called “monkey mind”, the constant chittering that occurs in our brains.   Meditation can calm these thoughts.  It brings about clarity of thought, it calms your nerves, it helps to eliminate unwanted…

  Merry Meet and welcome to my first column on meditation.  I am honored to be part of the PaganPages.org writing family. I am a Certified Kundalini Yoga and Meditation teacher; I have been practicing for 20 years and teaching for 16. In this column, I will be discussing the different aspects of meditation, which will include, but not be limited to, mantra (vibratory sound), mudra (yoga positions for the hands), posture, visual focus, breathing techniques both simple and not-so-simple, and so on.     I don’t think it would be an exaggeration to say that life is fairly stressful for most of  us.  Meditation and proper breathing technique can…