Meditation Commentary and Questions by Kate Watson

For millennia, meditation has been practiced as a mode of spiritual inquiry, a way of waking up to our true nature. Today, as research provides scientific evidence that meditation can yield physical and emotional benefits, many people are choosing - or being advised - to meditate for health reasons or simply to relax. 1. As a wellness professional, how do you see the relationship between these two purposes (or intentions)? 2. As your students go deeper in meditation, do you find yourself encountering scope-of-practice concerns - and if so, what do you do? With thanks, Kate Watson