For thousands of years, people have practice meditation to be spiritually, emotionally and physically healthy. But from a scientific point of view, how exactly does meditation affect our body?
Does it really do anything?
It all starts in the brain!
During meditation, brain-scans directly observed increased activity in causes of anxiety and depression, as well as increased pain tolerance. The default mode network is, in practice, activated with one's mind at rest and not focused on the outside world, and has been found to improve memory, self-awareness and goal setting.
Want to take care of your friends and family? When scientists compared Buddhist monks to new meditators, they found that monks tend to pronounce more sympathetically because of the brain. It literally changes your brain waves too, and we can measure frequency.
Meditation has a high level of alpha waves, and has been shown to reduce negative mood, feeling of stress, sadness, anger and, if this was not enough, it would all physically change the shape of our brain. The study found that after an 8-week meditation program, gray matter was more dense in areas associated with learning, memory processing and emotional regulation, and yet there was a decrease in the amygdala, the gray matter, along with stress, blood pressure and fear! When we look at the whole body, not only do we see a decrease in blood pressure. But it can also increase the variability of your heart rate.
While this may sound harmful, it actually plays an important role in improperly transporting oxygen and carbon dioxide throughout your body. In one study where both meditators and non-meditators were infected with a flu, the studies were able to produce a greater number of antibodies and has increased immune function.
In short words, meditation is a workout for your brain, just like train your body in the gym, you can train your brain by meditating.
So, how to meditate??
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