... During the process of meditation, accumulated stresses are removed, energy is increased, and health is positively affected overall .Research has confirmed a myriad of health benefits associated with the practice of meditation. These include stress reduction, (Arias, Steinberg, Banga, & Trestman, 2006;Horowitz, 2010;Burns, Lee, & Brown, 2011;Elder, Nidich, Moriarty, & Nidich, 2014), decreased anxiety (Chen, et al., 2012;Orme-Johnson & Barnes, 2014),decreased depression (Lavretsky, et al., 2013;Kasala, Bodduluru, Maneti, & Thipparaboina, 2014), reduction in pain (both physical and psychological) (Grant, Courtemanche, Duerden, Duncan, & Rainville, 2010), improved memory (Khalsa, 2015),and increased efficiency (Deepeshwar, Vinchurkar, Visweswaraiah, & Nagendra, 2015). Physiological benefits include reduced blood pressure (Brook, et al., 2013), heart rate (Telles, et al., 2013), lactate (Solberg, et al., 2000),cortisol (Lau, Leung, Chan, Wong, & Lee, 2015), and epinephrine (Infante, et al., 2001); decreased metabolism , breathing pattern (Travis, 2014), oxygen utilization, and carbon dioxide elimination ; and increased melatonin (Harinath, et al., 2004), skin resistance (Telles, et al., 2013), and relative blood flow to the brain. ...