Meditation And Its Benefits

Google defines meditation as a practice where an individual uses a technique – such as mindfulness, or focusing their mind on a particular object, thought or activity – to train attention and awareness, and achieve a mentally clear and emotionally calm and stable state.

Benefits of meditation:

• Reduces stress

Stress reduction is one of the most common reasons people try meditation. Stress effects can disrupt sleep, promote depression and anxiety, increase blood pressure and contribute to fatigue and cloudy thinking. A meditation style called "mindfulness meditation" reduced the inflammation response caused by stres.

• Promotes Positive Thoughts

Some forms of meditation can also lead to an improved self-image and more positive outlook on life. When we reduce the stress in our system we return to our natural state of feeling calm, connected to ourselves and confident in meeting the challenges of life. Those who meditated showed measurable changes in activity in areas related to positive thinking and optimism.

• Increases Focus And Attention

Focused-attention meditation is like weight lifting for your attention span. It helps increase the strength and endurance of your attention. When we meditate, we stimulate the pre-frontal cortex. This is the front part of the brain that is responsible for concentration, focus and problem solving among many other important functions.

• Improves Sleep

Nearly half the population will struggle with insomnia at some point. Sitting quietly before going to bed is a great, proven tool for relieving insomnia. Participants who meditated fell asleep sooner and stayed asleep longer, compared to those who didn't meditate. It can help relax your body, release tension.

• Fighting Addictions

Meditation may help you break dependencies by increasing your self-control and awareness of triggers for addictive behaviors. Meditation is an-easy-to-learn technique that has been found to make quitting smoking and recovering from alcohol addiction much easier exactly because it relaxes your mind and body without any undesired side-effects.

• Slows The Ageing

Meditation can slow the aging process. One of the main reasons meditation slows the aging process is because it reduces stress.A small but growing body of research indicates we may alter our individual brain structure through meditation and potentially slow structural degeneration.

• Improves Digestion

Central to any meditation program, breathing deeply while focusing the mind will yield many great benefits. Our stress level affects our digestion and causes problems such as cramps, bloating and gas as it’s the body’s natural way to react to tension. In the stomach and intestines, blood oxygen levels and circulation are multiplied during meditation.This makes digestion so much easier.