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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: Ann N Y Acad Sci. 2013 Dec 26;1307:64–81. doi: 10.1111/nyas.12279

Figure 1.

Figure 1

Meditation maintains a state of relaxed alertness by guarding against the extremes of hyperarousal (excitation, restlessness, anxiety) and hypoarousal (laxity, drowsiness, sleep).