. Did you know that meditation is the best body therapy? According to health experts, meditation disappeared many mental diseases like anxiety, stress and even depression. It is really necessary to meditate every day in order to avoid the bad energy that appears during your stressful moments. Meditation feels like a positive and energy pill […]
Did you know that meditation is the best body therapy?
According to health experts, meditation disappeared many mental diseases like anxiety, stress and even depression.
It is really necessary to meditate every day in order to avoid the bad energy that appears during your stressful moments.
Meditation feels like a positive and energy pill that helps you love yourself and others more.
Below you can find what happens to your body when you meditate every day.
What Are 4 Amazing Benefits Of Meditation?
Mindful meditation requires single-pointed attention onto an object or activity, (for example, a religious figure or the breath.) Therefore, it should come as little surprise that the act of meditation enhances our ability to concentrate on everyday events.
Ignoring distractions is part and parcel of attention. In this respect, the scientific literature shows that regular meditative practice inhibits the innate tendency of our brain to function on “autopilot,” that is, without conscious thought. Brain scans of long-term meditation practitioners show increased activity in the region of the brain known as the Lateral Prefrontal Cortex (lPFC), which allows us to pay attention while dismissing non-relevant stimuli actively.
Daniel Goleman, Ph.D. and Richard Davidson, Ph.D., in their book Altered Traits: Science Reveals How Meditation Changes Your Mind, Brain, and Body, say “(meditation) undergirds a huge range of what makes us effective in the real world – everything from learning, to realizing we’ve had a creative insight, to seeing a project through to its end.” All activities mentioned by Goleman and Davidson require the effective utilization of focus and attention.
Per Kelly McGonigal, Ph.D., meditators process pain differently than the rest of us, explaining: “Meditators pay more attention to the direct sensation of pain. In laboratory studies that deliver painful stimulation, meditators’ brains show more activity in areas associated with sensory processing … non-meditators (show) more activity in areas associated with evaluation and language.”
But wait! Wouldn’t paying more attention to the pain itself hurt (literally) more than help?
It would indeed seem so! But, alas, this is not the case. It is not the feeling of pain that makes the experience (like stubbing a toe) more painful, but our reaction to the event that enhances the pain response. While undergoing voluntary pain stimulating experiments, the functional brain scans (fMRIs) of meditation experts show decreased activity in the areas of the brain responsible for interpreting pain stimuli.
Some studies show that regular meditation sessions may work just as well, if not better, than prescription drugs for relieving anxiety and depression symptoms. This research suggests that meditation changes the structure and function of some areas of the brain, including those affected by episodes of anxiety and depression.
In a meta-analysis of over 18,000 mindfulness meditation studies, researchers from John Hopkins University conclude that the number one use for meditation is anxiety relief. Other studies demonstrate that meditation helps a variety of anxiety and depression conditions, including addictions, agoraphobia, attention deficit disorder (ADD)/attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), binge eating disorders, bipolar disorder, generalized anxiety disorder (GAD), and social anxiety.
In other studies, mindfulness meditation has shown to influence the activity of brain chemicals, including GABA, serotonin, and dopamine. Predictably, all three neurochemicals play a role in anxiety and depression.
It is no secret that chronic stress weakens the immune response. A weaker immune system makes one more vulnerable to sickness and disease. As we’ve touched on, regular meditation regulates the stress response – and, in turn, strengthens the immune system.
According to a study published in the journal Brain, Behavior, and Immunity, an 8-week meditation training known as Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) “resulted in a significantly smaller post-stress inflammatory response” in the participants’ brains.
Prolonged meditative practice does more than strengthen the immune system. Long-term meditators seem to show increased activity in an enzyme called telomerase – known to increase the lifespan of our body’s cells.
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