<p>Are you always stressed? Is the daily grind driving you nuts? Do you constantly feel a heaviness and dull pain in your head? Do you feel as if there is a heavy burden on your shoulders all the time? Do you get up in the morning after a long night's sleep without feeling like you have slept at all?</p><p>If this is how you have been feeling it is time to try meditation. During ancient times meditation was used for attaining enlightenment and salvation. But lately it has become an excellent tool in combating stress and anxiety.</p><p>Even the scientific community has now accepted meditation as a way to reduce stress and improve your overall health. In fact mindfulness meditation has been incorporated into cognitive therapy to relieve depression and anxiety.</p><p>It has been found that meditation strengthens your immune system. It decreases pain and is an excellent way to combat chronic pain. It has also been found to reduce inflammation at the cellular level.</p><p>With meditation you feel happier and more joyous. It increases positive emotions and decreases depression. It reduces stress and anxiety and is an excellent tool to reduce those negative thoughts and attitudes ingrained within you.</p><p>If you want to improve your social life try meditating. Meditation can be done in a group to improve your connection with other people. Even if you do it as a solitary activity it improves the way you connect with others you meet in your daily life.</p><p>It makes you more sensitive to the feelings of others. You become more compassionate and meditation improves your overall emotional intelligence. You will definitely feel less lonely even when you are alone.</p><p>After hearing about all these benefits of meditation you are surely ready to get started with this very useful and helpful habit. This guide is there to help you along the way so you can make meditation a part of your everyday life. Okay let's get started with meditating.</p>