Powerful Health Benefits Of Meditation

General health benefits of meditation have long been accepted as increasing a sense of relaxation, reducing stress, improving the ability to focus, and amplifying spiritual consciousness.

Over the past decade, scientific research has confirmed these advantages and more. Benefits of daily meditation have now been linked to:

• aspects of higher general intelligence
• increasing ease and efficiency of heart and circulatory systems
• enhancing positivity and self empowerment
• ability to better self manage pain
• faster physical healing
• boosting immune systems
• more regular and restful sleep patterns
• improving intuition
• anti-aging
• lessening the reliance on, and abuse of, drugs

What Creates The Health Benefits Of Meditation

First off, allocating time for yourself to meditate gives you permission for a little quiet 'me' time. By switching off the mind you are also letting go of all concerns, worries, fears and doubts. This is like allowing yourself a little holiday! Holidays are well documented for their power to make us more relaxed, more efficient and energized to continue on to our goals.

Moreover, meditation relaxation can be physically measured. This confirms the immediate benefits we feel, and as well it measures the underlying physiological effects responsible for additional benefits.

• Brainwave frequency is reduced - the cycles per second slow to a lower rhythm, helping to instill the feeling of peace
• The brain increases the production of endorphins, the 'feel good' proteins
• Increases in activity of the left prefrontal cortex correlates with more positive emotions
• Breathing regulates - through it's connection to the autonomic nervous system and the mind, anxiety is reduced
• Heart rate slows and blood pressure is reduced thereby lessening the demand on the heart
• Cholesterol levels lower through decreased levels of epinephrine
• Muscle tension lessens, helping reduce inflammation and aiding in pain management ex. headaches
• Increased production of antibodies strengthen healing
• Heart meditation creates greater synchronization between the nervous system and other body systems, a state associated with positivity
• Electrophysiological characteristics created through heart meditation positively affect the molecular structure of water and in turn, the water is shown to positively affect human DNA

Studies Documenting Health Benefits Of Meditation

A molecular biologist at Promega Corporation was engaged in studies of meditation benefits, and admittedly loves empirical evidence. He stated that neither could he refute the personal results from his foray with daily meditation practice. His living testament is perhaps as powerful as any scientifically researched result:

"I could tell I was less irritable.
My wife felt I was easier to be around.
My wife is dying for me to start meditating again!"
Michael Slater

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