Meditation is an exercise of mind that gives you deep rest and induces you a mode of consciousness that is completely different from thinking or concentration. It is deeper than the deepest sleep and creates a thoughtless awareness. It is about to separating you from all doing, feelings and thinking. If you sit few minutes with your eyes closed and try to focus on your breath, you will feel unable to do this. You will bombard with useless thoughts in your mind. Meditation wants more control on your mind so that you can control your thoughts, thought about your past or future.
A deep and regular practice of meditation allows you to establish more control over your mind and creates a meditative state. There are a lot of benefits of deep meditation given below:
* Control your blood pressure-
A new study by Dr. Robert Schneider (Maharishi University of Management in Fairfield, IA) says that a meditation (TM) reduces hypertension by increasing the telomeres gene expression in the people. The telomeres are stretches of DNA that protect our genetic data and dysfunction of telomeres contribute to hypertension and cardiovascular disease. The increased telomeres gene expression results in a reduction in blood pressure and hypertension.
* Calm mind-
Meditation releases the unnecessary thoughts that are accumulated in our mind and leaves it clear and fresh. Every action is possible only in the present moment and it brings our mind to the present. It helps remain calm during any situation in the present. A study by the Division of Cardiology (Cedars-Sinai Medical Center) shows that meditation regulates the heart rate that keeps you calm.
* Eliminate phobias and bad memories-
When someone is afraid of something, it is called phobia, a serious psychological disorder. It can dissolve the seeds of fear and bad memories. You can eliminate the fear by facing the anxiety with strength and getting rid of your past baggage. Meditation can remove your impressions of past experiences and make you calm to remove phobia or bad memories. Research shows that meditation changes the physical structure of mind in a positive way.
* Improve your blood circulation-
Meditation is a holistic healing practice to improve in circulation and reducing heart rate. A study by Dr. Herbert Benson, Harvard University says that meditation dilates the arteries, which improve the blood circulation throughout the body.
* Control emotions-
According to a study published in journal Frontiers in Human Neuroscience says that It can help the people who looking for a way to control their negative emotions. It makes brain able to control the negative emotions.
* Control heart rate-
According to a study by Medical College of Georgia showed that meditation increases the cardiac output along with decreased heart rate and blood pressure.
* Liberation of the mind-
A neuroscientist at Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Sara Lazar found in her study that long meditation has an increased amount of gray matter in the auditory and sensory cortex which associated with memory. It can change your brain.
* Life becoming easier and frictionless-
A little yoga or meditation a day might just keep the doctor away and life became easier and frictionless. A study by the team of Harvard researchers shows that we can reduce our medical services up to 43% by this relaxation program.
* Anxiety-
Yoga and meditation help us to relieve our subjective levels of anxiety and depression and preserve the aging brain. Dr. Elizabeth, a psychiatrist at the Center for Anxiety and Traumatic Stress Disorders, says that mindfulness meditation help to deal with distracting thoughts and makes perfect sense for treating anxiety.
* Greater feelings of well-being-
Meditation increases the optimism and positive emotions with reduced depression. The electroencephalogram (EEG) studies on meditation found that it increases the theta waves which associated with sleep and also reduce the metabolic rate with persistent alpha activity.
* Insights-
It increases your ability to understand problems quicker and more easily with improved memory capability. A paper published in Archives of General Psychiatry states that mindfulness meditation grows insights into biological aspects of prevention of the depression.
* Deep relaxation and Control stress-
It is a simple and fast way to produces a deep state of relaxation and reduces stress. It is like a mental exercise to promote mental and physical health. The reviews published in JAMA Internal Medicine in 1, 2014 showed that meditation improves relaxation and reduce anxiety, depression, and stress that help reduce the negative effects of anxiety disorder.
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