Apr 24, 2023
People have been meditating for many years, often as part of a spiritual practice. But in more recent years, it has become a popular way to help people manage their stress.
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Mindfulness meditation positively impacts mental and physical health by altering the brain and biology, as discovered by psychologists.
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Mindfulness is one of the most popular meditation techniques. It has two main parts: attention (focusing on what's happening in the present moment) and acceptance (observing feelings and sensations without judgement).
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Chronic stress can impair the body's immune system and make many other health problems worse. Meditation lowers the stress response and has downstream effects throughout the body.
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Scientists have found that people who meditate are less likely to react with negative thoughts or unhelpful emotional reactions in times of stress.
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Additionally, meditation practitioners were more adept at maintaining their attention at the moment and were less prone to worry or repeatedly dwell on unpleasant memories or experiences.
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One of the best anti-ageing techniques is meditation. It slows the ageing process even if you practise it for a few minutes every day.
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"NF-kB" is our skin's prime age-accelerating gene. Since mediation makes us highly resilient to stress, it turns off the genetic ageing of the skin and helps us stay young inside and out.
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It is known that the hormone "Cortisol" leads to wrinkles and sagging skin and the stress passes signals to our brains to pump out these ruthless hormones. Thus, meditation that controls stress reduces wrinkles.
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It is now evident that stress ages our bodies and one of the main benefits of meditation are reducing stress. Many people prefer to practise meditation as it helps them manage stress and improve their quality of life.
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Telomeres are protein caps at the end of each chromosome in the body and shorten naturally as we age, which causes age-related diseases. Meditation helps keep telomeres long and makes ageing slower.
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They are proteins that reduce the appearance of wrinkles by increasing skin elasticity. The stress hormone cortisol breaks down elastin and collagen and makes us look older. Meditation helps reduce age-accelerating biochemicals and increases collagen and elastin production.
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Stress can affect hair growth and make it dull and lifeless. But practising meditation regularly improves blood circulation and oxygen supply to nourish hair cells.
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