100 advantages of meditation

In the past two decades, interest in meditation has increased sharply. The growth of the number of practitioners of various types of meditation and evidence of the benefits of practice attracts more and more attention of scientists. Scientific research in the field of meditation and awareness is one of the most rapidly developing areas of science. These studies have demonstrated that the use of practices of awareness and contemplative techniques leads to noticeable positive changes in practitioners. The purpose of this review is to present an extensive spectrum of research of meditation practices published in scientific reviewed magazines and testifying to the positive impact of meditation on various somatic, psychological and social aspects of human life