Americans throw away their cell phones to meditate

With the constant development of the Internet, electronic technology, sedentary look at the cell phone, computer is the most common way of office, which leads to the majority of Americans in a sub-healthy state of the body.

Sedentary will cause a full range of damage, including insufficient blood supply to the brain, slow reaction, cervical spondylosis, shoulder compression, blood clots, induced sudden cardiac death, spine, lumbar disk strain, accelerate the growth of waist and abdominal fat and so on. Journal of the National Cancer Institute of the United States of America, a study of 70,000 cases of cancer patients lifestyle: sedentary will increase the risk of colon cancer and endometrial cancer. Scientists at the University of Western Australia in Australia found that when people worked in sedentary occupations for more than a decade, they were 44 percent more likely to develop rectal cancer.

As a result, the meditation craze has taken off, with many experts and scholars touting the health benefits of meditation. Meditation, originally derived from Buddhist meditation, is an ancient method of health and fitness, in which one sits on one's knees with one's eyes closed, adjusting the breath in and out, and not thinking of anything else. After continuous dissemination, since the 1970s, under the initiative of scholars and experts, more and more Americans began to relax themselves through meditation.

Meditation is not sitting motionless, but a spiritual "fitness exercise" to release the pressure of work and life troubles, so that the mind to be purified and rest.

Dentist Alonna Bauer told reporters: "I'm in a narrow space all day to see people for treatment, a lot of pressure. Before I started meditating, I was often in a cranky state, spoke very fast, and was also prone to nervousness. My coworkers and I have been meditating since 2001, and now I feel relaxed throughout and my heart doesn't beat as fast."

Lyon, who works in a bank, says she meditates regularly, five times a week for about 30 minutes. She believes that "we are always traveling through the city and there are not many quiet spaces." Meditation makes Lyon feel happier and helps her make better decisions.

Time Magazine also proclaimed a "meditation revolution," with most people in favor of meditation and a few critics saying it was just a fad, abandoning the original morality of the Buddhist tradition. But meditation guru Hugh Bourne believes: "Meditation opens the door for people to come in, and maybe it doesn't emphasize the moral connotations as much as Buddhism does, but it's a way of really helping people to reduce their stress." A growing number of young Americans believe that they meditate with more of a spiritual focus than religious.