FAQ
Medical Uses of Meditation
Frequently Asked Questions
A: Harvard Medical School has led the way, publishing impressive research on the biological benefits of meditation since the 1960’s. Meditation is now the most proven of the complimentary and alternative medicines (CAM). It is the most important of all established mind/body medicines.
Q: What are the sickness conditions for which meditation is indicated as an effective treatment?
A: Meditation is a treatment medicine for many conditions as well as a preventive medicine. Because meditation enhances immune function, it has important applications for most medical conditions.
Q: How long has MediGrace been in business?
A: MediGrace was incorporated in 1991 based on two established authorities: (1) The prominent programs of the Harvard University Medical School and the University of Massachusetts Medical Center, offering 30 years of important research in the medical results of meditation based on extensive clinical case studies; and (2) Ancient wisdom methods of medicine and healing that have been used for hundreds of years by thousands of practitioners with well known short-term and long-term benefits.
Q: What is complete childbirth heath care?
A: Complete childbirth health care offers women natural childbirth as a primary health care option with medical services available as needed. This allows a woman to avoid the health risks that come with unnecessary medical interventions and to have the health benefits of natural childbirth. The most complete childbirth care is the program that offers methods of advanced natural childbirth using meditation. Advanced natural childbirth offers the woman and child optimal physical and psychological function, and calm, so needed for life today.
Q: What is non-invasive medicine?
A: Non-invasive medicine is therapeutic method that relies on internal capability not external interventions. The body/mind is enabled to directly re-align itself to a fuller, healthier function. The patient and doctor can then evaluate together the appropriate steps to take for the best healing process.
Q: What is meditation?
A: Meditation is a method for development and healing that has been used for thousands of years. The words meditation and medicine come from the Latin word mederi that means, "to cure." Medicine is the science of curing health disorders, curing conditions that reduce the normal range of capabilities of human function, physical and mental. Meditation goes deeper and brings those who practice it to an unconditioned state, free of conditions, the unlimited ground of being where the body/mind and spirit resume full potential.
Q: How does meditation affect the symptoms of depression and panic disorders?
A: Studies have shown that meditation and progressive relaxation reduce acute and chronic anxiety directly related to depression and panic disorders. Observations indicate that the calming of mental activities produces calmer bodies, and insight causes catharsis. Self-mastery builds self-confidence, reducing fear and anxiety. The teachings of ancient wisdom in the MediGrace programs aim to remove the cause of suffering rather than temporarily alleviating it.
Q: Why is the Medigrace childbirth method, Calm Birth, valuable medically?
A: CALM BIRTH combines meditation science with the advances of today’s medical science. It offers women healthy and empowering choices in childbirth. This can reduce the need for invasive medical intervention, avoiding health risks. The CALM BIRTH method reduces: muscular tension, stress, blood pressure, heart rate, fear, anxiety, hormonal imbalances, use of drugs, and use of anesthesia.
Frequently Asked Questions
- Why has meditation become an important medicine, widely approved of by the medical establishment?
- What are the sickness conditions for which meditation is indicated as an effective treatment?
- How long has MediGrace been in business?
- What is complete childbirth care?
- What is non-invasive medicine?
- What is meditation?
- How does meditation affect the symptoms of depression and panic disorders?
- Why is the Medigrace childbirth method valuable medically?
A: Harvard Medical School has led the way, publishing impressive research on the biological benefits of meditation since the 1960’s. Meditation is now the most proven of the complimentary and alternative medicines (CAM). It is the most important of all established mind/body medicines.
Q: What are the sickness conditions for which meditation is indicated as an effective treatment?
A: Meditation is a treatment medicine for many conditions as well as a preventive medicine. Because meditation enhances immune function, it has important applications for most medical conditions.
Q: How long has MediGrace been in business?
A: MediGrace was incorporated in 1991 based on two established authorities: (1) The prominent programs of the Harvard University Medical School and the University of Massachusetts Medical Center, offering 30 years of important research in the medical results of meditation based on extensive clinical case studies; and (2) Ancient wisdom methods of medicine and healing that have been used for hundreds of years by thousands of practitioners with well known short-term and long-term benefits.
Q: What is complete childbirth heath care?
A: Complete childbirth health care offers women natural childbirth as a primary health care option with medical services available as needed. This allows a woman to avoid the health risks that come with unnecessary medical interventions and to have the health benefits of natural childbirth. The most complete childbirth care is the program that offers methods of advanced natural childbirth using meditation. Advanced natural childbirth offers the woman and child optimal physical and psychological function, and calm, so needed for life today.
Q: What is non-invasive medicine?
A: Non-invasive medicine is therapeutic method that relies on internal capability not external interventions. The body/mind is enabled to directly re-align itself to a fuller, healthier function. The patient and doctor can then evaluate together the appropriate steps to take for the best healing process.
Q: What is meditation?
A: Meditation is a method for development and healing that has been used for thousands of years. The words meditation and medicine come from the Latin word mederi that means, "to cure." Medicine is the science of curing health disorders, curing conditions that reduce the normal range of capabilities of human function, physical and mental. Meditation goes deeper and brings those who practice it to an unconditioned state, free of conditions, the unlimited ground of being where the body/mind and spirit resume full potential.
Q: How does meditation affect the symptoms of depression and panic disorders?
A: Studies have shown that meditation and progressive relaxation reduce acute and chronic anxiety directly related to depression and panic disorders. Observations indicate that the calming of mental activities produces calmer bodies, and insight causes catharsis. Self-mastery builds self-confidence, reducing fear and anxiety. The teachings of ancient wisdom in the MediGrace programs aim to remove the cause of suffering rather than temporarily alleviating it.
Q: Why is the Medigrace childbirth method, Calm Birth, valuable medically?
A: CALM BIRTH combines meditation science with the advances of today’s medical science. It offers women healthy and empowering choices in childbirth. This can reduce the need for invasive medical intervention, avoiding health risks. The CALM BIRTH method reduces: muscular tension, stress, blood pressure, heart rate, fear, anxiety, hormonal imbalances, use of drugs, and use of anesthesia.