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Kindness), Qigong (Chi Gung), Chakra and Zazen. There are many other
types of meditation but these ones certainly contain the power to
bring about great mental transformation.
What is the best form of meditation for depression?

A study published by psychologists from the University of Exeter
showed that mindfulness-based cognitive therapy, or MBCT may
actually be more effective than counseling or medication, citing
that four months after MBCT, three fourths of study subjects felt
well enough to stop taking antidepressants.

Mark Williams, an Oxford professor of clinical psychology and the
leader of the team that developed MBCT cites that brooding is one of
the key features seen in patients with depression and MBCT
specifically tackles brooding to teach compassion for self and
others.
Tai Chi
One of the most powerful and profound
forms of exercise that actually
incorporates aspects of both physical
and mental exercise is Tai Chi. This
discipline has the ability to bring
great calm and clarity to the
practitioner and also rejuvenates the
physical body.
The practitioner learns to focus their
mind on the body and the breath and this
causes any fluctuations in thought or
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