Are you curious about meditation's benefits?
Check out this video from Scientific American magazine:
Emotional Benefits of Meditation
Meditation benefits us in many ways, including improving our emotional well-being. Meditation practitioners often experience:
- Increased self-awareness
- Increased ability to remain present
- Reduced stress
- A new perspective on an old situation or current worry
- New tools that help in the management of stress
- Overall happier outlooks on life
Physical Benefits of Meditation
We have long since known that stress affects the body, contributing to chronic pain, elevated cortisol levels, and interrupted sleep patterns (just to name a few). Doctors are researching meditation's affect on several conditions and there's evidence that meditation positively affects people with the following conditions:
- Anxiety
- Elevated blood pressure
- Chronic pain
- Problems with sleep
- Heart disease
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