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Meditation has been practiced worldwide since ancient times in a variety of contexts It may be viewed as spiritually or physically restorative and enriching to daily life. In recent medical studies, meditation techniques have proven to be effective in controlling pulse and respiratory rates and to varying degrees in the indicative control of migraine headache, hypertension, among other conditions.

Meditation in some form has been systematized in most great religions of the world. The Hindu school of Yoga impose a highly detailed process for the purification of the body, mind, and soul. Meditation has also spread to different cultures in different forms such as in China as Ch'an and, subsequently, in Japan as Zen. Tantric Buddhists of Tibet regard the mandala diagram as a collection point of universal forces, accessible to man by meditation.