Benefits of meditation

Meditation is a pretty widely known breathing practice popular for reducing stress and increasing peaceful thoughts. While these are some great benefits, there are lots of benefits of meditation a few of which I will explain below.

Better Sleep

Meditation can help to lower blood pressure as well as relax the body so you can sleep better. It can also help train your thoughts so you can redirect unnecessary and unappealing racing thoughts before bedtime. You are more likely to fall asleep when your thoughts are peaceful and your body is at ease and relaxed.

Can Decrease Blood Pressure

Meditation is known for relaxing the body and bringing it into the parasympathetic state by signaling to the nerves to relax the heart and subsequently calms the body.

Reduces Stress

Meditating can bring on a state of relaxation by focusing your thoughts and bringing your attention back to your breath. Stress itself can have a huge negative health impact on the body.

Less Anxiety

Meditating can help people with anxiety separate their anxious thoughts from their helpful thoughts. Meditation helps you acknowledge the thoughts and move past them rather than constantly focusing on them.

Can Increase Mindfulness

Meditating can help increase the understanding with yourself and to recognize harmful thoughts and move past them and create constructive thought patterns. It can also help to reduce feeling lonely and increase connectedness.

Can Reduce Blood Glucose Levels

What’s super fascinating is that meditating is so powerful that it can alter our insulin response when glucose is consumed. This also helps with feeling more balanced and energetic overall.

Resources:

https://www.healthline.com/nutrition/12-benefits-of-meditation#4.-Enhances-self-awareness

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5934947/

https://www.apa.org/monitor/2012/07-08/ce-corner