… It is practiced by CEOs of companies, professional sports players, Olympic competitors, retreat facilitators, many celebrities including actors and actresses and is used by those recovering from addiction and quitting smoking, migraine sufferers, cancer patients, women with menopausal symptoms and those wanting balance in their lives. Meditation creates a “hypo metabolic state” where the body slows its metabolic rate to such an extent that the cells actually need less oxygen because they are no …