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Guided meditation is a process by which participants meditate in response to the verbal instruction provided by a guide either in person or via sound recording combined with meditation music or instrumental sounds. 

Guided meditation as an aggregate or synthesis of techniques has been shown to be effective in precipitating therapeutic, rehabilitative, and educational benefits when employed as an adjunct to primary clinical and instructional strategies, including as a means to:

• lower levels of stress,
• minimize the frequency, duration, and intensity of asthmatic episodes,
• reduces physical and emotional pain,
• help overcome powerful addictions,
• develop coping skills,
• improve focus and ability to carry out demanding tasks in exacting situations,
• decrease the incidence of insomnia,
• abate feelings of anger,
• improves cardiovascular health and enhances the immune system,
• reduce occurrences of negative or irrational thinking,
• assuage anxiety,
• raise levels of optimism,
• increase the sense of connectedness and empathy,
• enhance physical and mental aptitude,
• increase general feeling of well-being and self-reported quality of life,
• improves memory and the abiilty to make decisions