Meditation for the beginner - Chapter 1 – Benefits of Meditation (part 3)

Health Benefits

The health benefits that are associated with meditation are prettydiverse. Some have even been proven scientifically to be extremely effective. Here are some of the health benefits that you can experience when you engage in meditation regularly.

Increased Immunity

It has been proven that when you get into a relaxed state through meditation, it helps to boost the immunity in patients that are recovering from cancer. With the continued practice of muscular relaxation,you can reduce the risk of cancer coming back. It also helps to boost the natural killer cells that are common with the elderly, giving them a higher level of resistance to viruses.

Emotional Balance

Your emotional balance entails being free from the neurotic behavior that leads to a troubled ego. If you want to remain focused and find mental clarity, it is critical that you achieve emotional balance.

Meditation helps to cure cases of emotional imbalance, leading to the release of soaked memories, which then results in mental freedom.

Your reaction and responses to issues will no longer be influenced by the emotional burden when you start to practice meditation. It will allow you to view things in their true nature.

Lowers Blood Pressure

Practicing meditation has been shown to help with reducing blood pressure levels. It also helps to make the body become less responsive to the hormones that cause stress. Meditation provides similar results that can be experienced when taking blood pressure medication.

Engaging in meditation will help to significantly reduce stress levels, which enables your body's systems to normalize, resulting in overall improved health.

Improved Cardiovascular Health

When you are in a meditative, relaxed state, the release of nitric oxide by the brain increases. This causes the blood vessels to open up, resulting in a drop in blood pressure.

Nitric oxide is responsible for improving the function of the immune system, regulating blood pressure levels, improving the role of the central nervous system, behavioral activities, and improved memory.

Practicing meditation alters the physiological functioning of the body. This positively impacts some parts of the brain which results in experiencing deep levels of relaxation and calmness.

This deep level of relaxation results in the heart pumping blood slowly and steadily, delivering sufficient levels of oxygen throughout the body.

Spiritual Benefits

Many different religions have incorporated meditation into their religious practices. However, because meditation is more like a science, it can be practiced by anyone, regardless of their faith or religion.

There are numerous spiritual benefits that you can experience through the practice of meditation.

Increased Self-Awareness

One of the significant spiritual benefits of practicing meditation is self-awareness. Self-awareness involves going deep within yourself through mindful meditation, with the intention of connecting with your inner self.

Self-awareness forms the basis of meditation and entails being able to identify with the very core of being, being aware of the present moment, how you react to things, the subtle issues of the mind along with the behaviors and habits.

Once you are aware of this, you will learn how to keenly monitor how you respond to situations from a disconnected point of view. Practicing meditation allows you to rise above the domain of your senses to connect deeper with the spirit.

Operating at this level supersedes the emotional level and provides you with the capability to usher yourself into a state of high revelation and insight, which isn't attainable at the emotional level.

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Chapter 2 – Types of Meditation (Part 1)