{"id":337636,"date":"2016-02-16T09:28:56","date_gmt":"2016-02-16T01:28:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/uncategorized-hk\/5-idees-recues-sur-la-meditation-337636.html"},"modified":"2019-05-03T12:56:21","modified_gmt":"2019-05-03T04:56:21","slug":"5-idees-recues-sur-la-meditation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/hk\/galerie\/5-idees-recues-sur-la-meditation-337636.html","title":{"rendered":"5 Myths on meditation"},"content":{"rendered":" <p>As recalled by the psychiatrist Christophe Andr\u00e9 in the preface of \"M<em>editate at work to reconcile serenity and efficiency\",\u00a0<\/em>numerous studies have shown that <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/health\/medical-news\/depression-meditation-over-medication-92120.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">meditation practices<\/a> improve concentration, stability of attention, mental flexibility, creativity and decrease impulsivity etc.<\/p> <p>They also bring benefits in terms of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/health\/healthy-practices\/wellbeing-tips\/comment-reduire-le-stress-135947.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">stress<\/a>\u00a0resistance. Hence, in recent years,\u00a0meditation has become a very beneficial activity and is only gaining momentum. However, certain preconceptions about it still remain.<\/p> <p>Here are five particularly stubborn <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/health\/healthy-practices\/busted-common-health-myths-debunked-126802.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">myths<\/a> about meditation that you should know.<\/p> <p><em>Fabienne Broucaret<\/em><\/p>  ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you think that meditating is to be in a lotus position for hours without moving a millimeter, you have it all wrong - and we\u2019re here to bring you explanations. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":57,"featured_media":152208,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_yoast_wpseo_metadesc":"If you think that meditating is to be in a lotus position for hours without moving a millimeter, you have it all 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