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This article discusses the four types of prayer and the results that convince reasearchers that prayer and medicine can work well together in mainstream therapies.

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During the majority of the modern era, religion and medicine were two things that stood on the opposite sides of a great divide. Religion was for the soul; medicine, for the body. For little over a decade now, medical therapies combining the two have bridged the gap and have been making their way into mainstream medicine.

Prayer, in one form or another, is a part of nearly every religion in the world. As with meditation, it has been found that prayer promotes a feeling of relaxation that leads to an increase in both mental and physical wellness. Not surprisingly, many people feel a deep sense of calm or inner peace after praying. Visible changes in brain activity during prayer have been documented in clinical studies time and time again.

Prayer is expressed in a variety of ways: spoken out loud or in thought, alone or in groups. Most types of prayer can be divided into the four categories of meditative prayer, ritualistic prayer, petitionary prayer or conversational prayer.

Meditative prayer induces a state of relaxation through focus on a particular topic, word, sound, or phrase.
Ritualistic prayer involves reciting learned texts as part of a particular religious tradition or training.
Petitionary prayer consists of addressing a divine being directly to request something. Conversational prayer involves speaking on a personal level with God about the individual"s thoughts or feelings.

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