meditation

I've been reading a book on trancendence meditation lately; what drew me to the book was that is written by a psychiatrist and researcher--cant get much more scientific than that! And I admit, I'm a skeptic about meditation, among other things. In the book he talks both about personal experience (his own and many other testimonies) and also what research has shown about this particular form of meditation. I was quite amazed to see the good it can do for heart disease and other problems, and also for mental illnesses as well as everyday stress. Its not a cure-all of course--but the good it does(without the medication side effects!) does make me think more about perhaps trying this. The good it has done people's mental health was very interesting too, knowing the attention our kwoon has given these issues, trying to make people more aware.
Lots of the things I've been learning this year (and have always been interested in) is about prevention. I don't WANT to end up like alot of the patients I see, and it has always motivated me to look for ways to avoid health troubles. And ways to help my kids choose better than we did, and be able to show them why they should choose these habits. Stress is one we all wish we had a better handle on, one I wish I could protect them from. Perhaps this would be good for all of us. Sitting still has always been a novelty....