Re: Meditation - Have you Tried It?

 Loving Kindness is one of my favourites.  It has been proven to increase activity in the brain associated with happiness.  Below is a chart from my Heart Rate Variability monitor where are started "LovingKindness" or "Metta" Meditation at the 1-min mark.  It immediately increased my HRV amplitude, indicating increased parasympathetic activity.

Here is a great little audio called "Loving kindness on the go."  You can and should do it all though the day.  Anyone you see in a store, etc.

http://www.audiodharma.org/talks/audio_player/1830.html

Another great meditation is "Insight Meditation"or Mindfulness Meditation, where the goal is to simply learn to watch the patterns of the mind, so you can catch yourself spiralling into anger or any other negative state.

Over time, positive emotions occur more and more and neagtive emotions occur less and less. When negative emotions ooccur, you notice them quickly...and once you indentify it, you separate yourself from the emotion and it just fades away.