The importance of meditation as a way to promote inner wellbeing

Meditation, often thought of as a path to self-awareness and compassion, can also be a path to better health. Practiced for thousands of years in Hindu, Buddhist, Zen/Chan and Taoist communities, people use meditation today to cope with stress and worry in a busy world. It can help bring calm and insight to people who often feel anxious.

Meditation refers to a set of techniques to enhance attention, emotional awareness, kindness, compassion, sympathetic joy, and mental calmness even in difficult situations. Some people find that regular meditation practice helps them be kind to themselves and more caring towards others. It can also teach you to be a little less reactive when tough situations arise.

At Yeshin Norbu we offer meditation classes for beginners and more experienced practitioners, on a drop-in basis and also as full programs. Most welcome to try a drop in meditation session every Monday between 6-7 pm free of charge.

10 reasons to meditate

Research has documented many health benefits of regular meditation practice.

These are 10 of them:

• Reduced stress: Meditation may decrease stress. It can also improve symptoms of stress-related conditions, including irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and fibromyalgia.

• Improved memory: Better focus through regular meditation may increase memory and mental clarity. These benefits can help fight age-related memory loss and dementia.

• Increased attention: Meditation helps with attention span, allowing you to stay focused longer.

• Enhanced willpower: Meditation develops the mental discipline needed to avoid unhelpful habits.
• Better sleep: Meditation can shorten the time it takes to fall asleep and improve sleep quality.
• Less pain: Meditation can reduce pain and boost emotion regulation. Together with medical care, this may help treat chronic pain.
• Lower blood pressure: Blood pressure decreases during meditation and over time in people who meditate regularly. This can reduce strain on the heart and blood vessels and help prevent heart disease.
• Less anxiety: Regular meditation helps reduce anxiety. It can also help with mental health issues like social anxiety, fears and obsessive-compulsive behaviors.
• Less depression: Meditation can help reduce the occurrence of depression.
• Greater compassion: Meditation can help you better understand yourself, find your best self, and increase positive feelings and actions toward others.

The above text found at: https://health.ucdavis.edu/blog/cultivating-health/10-health-benefits-of-meditation-and-how-to-focus-on-mindfulness-and-compassion/2022/12

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