BOSTON: Meditation has long been said to do wonders for the brain and stress relief, but new reports have challenged this idea and suggest that the practice could, in some cases, actually be causing harm.
Clinical cognitive and behavioral psychologist and mediation expert, Dr Paula Watkins, suggests that during meditation, people can be taken too far into the ‘recesses’ of their minds and become overwhelmed with feelings of depression and anxiety.
‘Some of these effects are incredibly mild but meditation is becoming increasingly popular and people are finally taking a break from their very busy day to day lives, and if there are any psychological issues, suppressed emotions or a history of trauma, that stuff can come up,’ Dr Watkins said…