Meditation Benefits | Meditation For Beginners

Meditation Benefits | Meditation For Beginners

Have you ever wondered, why people meditate? Well, there can so many reasons, In this post, I am going to discuss some benefits of doing meditation.

From the ages, so many people around the globe have been doing meditation practices. Many have claimed that they felt very relaxed, calm, peaceful and found improvement in their productivity, efficiency, and quality of life. People have experienced that they are more cheerful, happier than before. There is always a good feeling factor and shift in thinking and feeling i.e, from negative to positive.

There are many scientific finding in support of meditation.

There is a positive difference in the region of the brain which deals with Anxiety and Depression. Studies have found the decreased level of stress, anxiety, tensions, mood swings, also ones memory become sharp and learning capability becomes better. When compared to monks, their brains have more of those waves which are responsible for empathy and peace.

Science has also found an increase in alpha waves. Regular meditators are found to have a stronger immune system, hence able to make more and better antibodies. According to this website, if our brain can generate more alpha waves, we can stay more relaxed, peaceful. Alpha waves are required for higher creativity, problem-solving capability.

One thing known as Telomere, found in our chromosomes, are found bigger than a normal person in regular meditators. It is found that shorter the Telomere, the person is more prone to cardiovascular disease including cancer.

Meditation helps in the secretion of serotonin, melatonin and other such hormones in the body which are responsible for our good quality sleep, happiness, good mood.

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