Trauma and meditation are complex phenomena of the human experience that affect the individual physically, emotionally, mentally, cognitively and spiritually. The focus of the text is primarily on the relationship that trauma and meditation have, more specifically how meditation affects trauma, its symptoms and consequences. This text therefore covers the definition and interpretation of trauma, its impact on humans and the human brain, how it affects cognitive functions: concentration, memory and learning. It also contains a definition of the concept of meditation, its types and the effects on the person, the brain and the aforementioned cognitive functions. Then we present the research part, where we asked research questions such as: how meditation affects the consequences of trauma, how meditation affects concentration, memory and learning, how meditation can affect the symptoms of trauma, which are manifested in cognitive functions and the like. We tested the hypotheses with the help of a quasi-experiment. For the needs of the experiment, we created a six-week meditation program and invited participants to attend. The program was completed by six participants (n=6), with an average age of 21.7 years. Data were collected through semi-structured interviews before and after the program. Through content analysis and the phenomenological method, we analyzed the interviews and obtained results. We found that meditation mainly affects the experience of stress and unpleasant feelings, it relieves them and helps to regulate them. It also promotes a better quality and length of concentration, and facilitates better memorization and learning. From this we can conclude that it also helps to resolve these symptoms of trauma. The research is qualitative, so we cannot generalize it, but nevertheless we believe that it has contributed insight into the topic under discussion.
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