Historical

In India, products ranging from meditation to about the second millennium before Christ returns. In the same writings that form the basis of Ayurveda and yoga, there are notes on meditation as an effort of people, their awareness and understanding to expand the human existence on a spiritual level.

In China, Taoism developed within the forms of meditation. This school can be attributed to the Zen Buddhism, which has expanded to Japan.

Even in the Christian, Islamic and Jewish traditions are meditative practices (in the form of Kabbalah, prayer, asceticism and Sufism) known.

Today, while meditating in addition to the spiritual goals obtained primarily personal and health issues such as relaxation and anxiety management skills important.