An application of insight meditation in sport exercise
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This study attempts to investigate the relationship between benefits of sport exercise and Insight meditation practice. While human being has limited time to practice meditation in the temple, sport exercising becomes a choice that could apply on Insight meditation practice in the daily life.
The findings show that the benefit of sport exercise and Insight meditation practice is compatible based on the study. The nature of all things is same that is arising and passing away. All things are impermanence through the observation of bodily sensations is the key of Vipassana meditation. Psychotherapy had been discussed discovering the result of treatment by using Vipassana meditation. The religious systems and scientific theories had been mixed to create the effective modern therapies. Vipassana becomes the alternative way of practice to prevent and cure a mental problem with right practice. As sport exercise is more comfortable in mind concentration on diversified activities, but Insight meditation could be applied by gaining benefit in various aspects. This technique is to observe mind and body with the impermanence of feeling and sensation, happiness or unhappiness, reducing tension and anxiety, violence and anger. Insight meditation increases tolerance and efficiency of decision in each situation of people.
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