Benefits
of Meditation
Introduction:
Meditation means to think deeply and deliberately
about a specific question. Meditation is a form of rich philosophical
tradition. It refers to the practices typically designed to modify the everyday
states of consciousness through disengaging from the thinking process, going
beyond normal discursive thinking.
Today, number of meditation practices have been
updated to the western lifestyle and are practiced for religious or spiritual
development or to obtain an healthy lifestyle. Meditation technique have being
derived from religious context and incorporated into a wide range of successful
programs designed to address specific needs.
Researchers are studying the physiological and
psychological effects of a variety of meditation practices and they are
discovering significant beneficial results.
Benefits:
1.
Meditation improves focus, Attention, and ability to
work under stress
The studies suggests that after meditation
training, It is shown that meditation
helps to keep focus, especially on repetitive and boring tasks. It is observed
that after 20 minutes a day of practice, most of them were able to improve
their performance and cognitive skill.
2. Meditation reduces risk of heart
diseases and stroke
Nowadays
many people die of heart disease then other illness. In a study published in
late 2012, a group of over 200 high risk
individuals was asked either to take a health education class having better
diet and exercise or to take a meditation class. After 5 years the participants
who took meditation has reduced the risk of heart attack, stroke and by 48%.
3. Meditation reduces blood pressure
Research
has shown that practice of Zen meditation reduces stress and high blood
pressure. It is shown that with 2/3 of high blood pressure patients showing
significant drops in blood pressure after 3 months of meditation. This is
because relaxation results in the formation of nitric oxide, which opens up
blood vessels.
4. Meditation helps to allocate limited brain
resources
In
the experiment conducted by the university of California, a stream of random letters were shown in a
computer screen, in rapid succession. In each session, one or two numbers or
blank screen would appear in the middle, and the participants were asked
immediately after the stream ended to type the numbers they saw. They were also
asked whether they thought a blank screen or not. After 3 months of intense Vipassana
meditation were found to have good control over the distribution of attention
and perception resources.
5. Meditation may make you live Longer
It is noticed that some forms of meditation have
salutary effects on telomere. Telomeres are the important part of human cells
that effect our cells age. It is Identified that it reduces the telomere length
by reducing cognitive stress arousal and increasing positive states of mind and
hormonal factors that may promote telomere maintenance.
Meditation Benefits for kids:
reduced
depression symptoms
reduced somatic stress
reduced hostility and conflicts with
peers
reduced anxiety
reduced reactivity
reduced substance use
7 increased cognitive retention
increased self-care
9 increased optimism and positive
emotions
increased self-esteem
1 increased feelings of happiness and well-being
1 improved social skills
improved sleep
improved self-awarenes
improved
academic performance
Conclusion:
Meditation is the intense dwelling in mind upon an
idea or the concept. If you meditate daily you will not come to understand but
also will grow more and more into its likeness. Therefore, you constantly dwell
upon which is selfish.
If you have heavy duties in the early hour or you
cannot meditate in the morning try to give an hour at night, and you should try
to meditate, You may meditate while engaged upon it. In Life there is a time to
think, and the busiest, the most laborious is not shut out from aspiration.
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