"Meditation completely changes the brain and therefore changes what one is,  believed Matthieu Ricard, a Tibetan monk. Due to the results of meditation, it is proven by researchers at University of Wisconsin that Matthieu Ricard is the world's happiest man. This study is based on Buddhist meditation, but there are also studies based on Hindu meditation. The objective of Buddhist meditation is to have a deep understanding of reality and to reach mindfulness. Mindfulness is being alert or awake and enlightening the conscious (Oyague). In Hinduism meditation, Hindus meditate to connect to their gods (Carcache). According to Buddhism, not only does meditating relax the body, it also provides mental and physical benefits that vary based on the level of meditation preformed. "Meditation is a state of thoughtless awareness. It is the state of profound deep peace that occurs when the mind is calm and silent, yet completely alert  (Free). According to Buddhism, there are four states of awareness: the first state is called Jagruti; "the waking state of consciousness,  Swapna; "the dreaming state of consciousness,  Sushupti; "the state of deep sleep in which the mind, ego and superego are still,  the Turya; "the state of thoughtless awareness beyond the mind.  People practice these first three states on daily bases (Meditation). Turya is the state in which persistent positive and negative thoughts of the mind approach to an end. In the beginning, a "gap  starts to develop between thoughts. When this "gap  develops, thoughts fade and the steady training of meditation; "the mind enters easily into thoughtless awareness. The notice "becomes still like a lake without any ripples on it, and deep inner peace begins to dawn upon awareness  (Meditation). Our body harmonizes the work done inside our bodies; the functioning of our organs and cells. This is an example of a physical benefit of meditation. "The 7 Chakras are the energy centers in our body in which energy flows through  (The). If one of these 7 chakras is shut, a "physical dysfunctions  develops against the organ it panels. Because of this, most illnesses appear. Habitually medicine attempts to treat "the symptoms.  An efficient sort of meditation permits confrontation of the causes directly by rebalancing the fine system and by clearing out interiors. Therefore, even incurable disorders can be treated in a spontaneous method by the purifying work of the energy of the Kundalini; "is a type of energy that sits dormant in the first Chakra, at the base of the spine (Kundalini).  Also, there is instant relief in "stress and a feeling of peace and contentment  (Benefits). "Physically, it helps in prevention and cure of illnesses which are otherwise difficult to cure mentally and emotionally. It helps to attain balance, and spiritually one can attain the highest level of enlightenment  (Benefits). Meditation benefits breathing problems such as Asthma. Asthma is a lung inflammation in which the airways are unusually narrow. As meditation decreases "sympathetic activity and respiratory rates.  Numerous experiments found meditation helped breathing disorders. An experiment done at the Natural Therapies Unit of the Royal Hospital for women, located in the city of Sydney, Australia, performed a "noteworthy favorable outcome of Sahaja Yoga, a level of yoga that generally improves health on Asthma patients who were resistant to steroids (Asthma).  About 47 forty-seven patients with asthma were randomly assigned into two groups. The first twenty-one patients practiced Sahaja Yoga Meditation. The next twenty-six patients practiced "general relaxation; both of these groups conducted over four months and involving a two-hour session.  The group that had been receiving Sahaja Yoga Meditation revealed a powerful decrease in the brutality "of asthma as measured in airway-hyper-responsivity in response to the control group who received relaxation (Asthma).  Meditation helps maintain a healthy blood pressure. When meditation is performed, even at the very start, the body uses less oxygen the relaxed state is reached; "up to twenty percent less depending on the experience of the person meditating as well as the type of meditation.  Still meditation will use less oxygen than walking meditation. "This reduced need for oxygen allows the heart to beat fewer beats, usually from three to ten percent less. It also allows blood pressure to go down.  The United States National Institute of Health started to investigate "studies on meditation.  Even though there are about 120 studies completed with a minor group of participants, these studies are still highly encouraged. They show that meditation lowers systolic and diastolic pressure at an average of three to ten mm (Learning). A study done by Medical College of Wisconsin in Milwaukee is "one of the most encouraging results from one of the long studies. The 201 high-risk patients, male and female were