User:Sydanne7/Meditation

Effects of Meditation on Insomnia (could go under clinical applications section)
'''(created new sentence) Researchers have found that participating in mindfulness meditation can aid insomnia patients by improving sleep quality and total wake time.  Mindfulness meditation is not a treatment for insomnia patients, but it can provide support in addition to their treatment options.'''

(added to article)

Psychotherapy (clinical applications section)
The US National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health states that "Meditation is a mind and body practice that has a long history of use for increasing calmness and physical relaxation, improving psychological balance, coping with illness, and enhancing overall health and well-being." A 2014 review found that practice of mindfulness meditation for two to six months by people undergoing long-term psychiatric or medical therapy could produce small improvements in anxiety, pain, or depression. In 2017, the American Heart Association issued a scientific statement that meditation may be a reasonable adjunct practice to help reduce the risk of cardiovascular diseases, with the qualification that meditation needs to be better defined in higher-quality clinical research of these disorders. '''Recent findings have also found evidence of meditation effecting migraines in adults. Mindfulness meditation may allow for a decrease in migraine episodes, and a drop in migraine medication usage. ''' (added to article 10/22)

(Added another citation for this sentence from the etymology section) Apart from its historical usage, the term meditation was introduced as a translation for Eastern spiritual practices, referred to as dhyāna in Hinduism and Buddhism and which comes from the Sanskrit root dhyai, meaning to contemplate or meditate.

Using a narrative[edit]
'''Richard Davidson has expressed the view that having a narrative can help maintenance of daily practice. For instance he himself prostrates to the teachings, and meditates "not primarily for my benefit, but for the benefit of others". (This portion does not have a reliable source (ABC News)).'''

Peer review response: I liked the edit that Marleywdunn made to the second sentence in my edits. I added that change. Further, Marleywdunn suggested finding a new source of information for the area I cut out, however there is not much reliable information to replace there. I feel as though it is best to take out that small portion altogether instead of using weak references. Finally, Marleywdunn mentioned adding to the psychotherapy section, so I added some information regarding meditation helping migraines.