Religious Meditation or Secular Meditation - which Works?Do religious meditation and secular meditation both work for stress relief? Meditation is often categorized as being either new age, or from an eastern religious system, or from a western religious system. But psychology has secularized it all. It's been adapted as therapy for stress relief and relaxation. Meditations of all kinds have been found to be amazing stress relievers. 
Archibald Hart, Dean of the Graduate School of Psychology at Fuller Theological Seminary, Pasadena, CA comments that meditation is not Yoga and Tai Chi employ various meditation techniques. In some oriental countries patients use Tai Chi as part of their recovery therapy from illness. In other words, meditating on your navel is actually a stress reducer. That's because focusing on just one thing and excluding anything else is one of the ways to relieve stress and anxiety. Likewise, engrossing yourself in the beauty of the earth around you, and the vastness of the universe, takes your mind off your own problems and makes them appear small in comparison. It's the repositioning of your mind that gives your body relief from the activity of the stress hormones in your blood stream. Return from Religious Meditation to Christian Meditation
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