Meditation Can Alter Your Genes
Yoga and meditation are practiced by millions of people around the world on a regular basis. Yoga itself is a multi-billion dollar industry in the US alone and it's suggested that at least 8 percent of the US does yoga on a regular basis. Activities like yoga and meditation are said to provide a wide variety of potential health benefits, among them are things like increased flexibility, better strength, and improved respiration.
These activities can also alter your genes.
Researchers in the UK have recently unveiled their results from a scientific review of at least 18 different studies that sought to investigate this area of knowledge. Specifically, the biological effects of activities like yoga, meditation, Tai chi, Qi gong, and breathing exercises.
The results have been published in Frontiers In Immunology.
Researchers found that these activities can help to suppress the expression of certain genes that promote inflammation in our bodies.
They suggest that these activities might be helpful in the way of trying to go about countering any harmful genomic effects from stress. These activities might also help to protect against psychological disorders, anxiety, and depression.
Yoga and meditation aren't any sort of fad.
These activities have been practiced for thousands of years and they aren't going anywhere anytime soon. Though they have been around for thousands of years, the research in this area is said to be fairly new, specifically when it comes to investigating the biological effects that are associated with yoga, meditation, and more.
When it comes to meditation, yoga, breathing exercises, and more, these are fairly different exercises from one another and so researchers say that on that note they were surprised to see that they all yielded similar results. They all offered the same sort of benefit in reversing stress-related changes in genes.
Stronger With Time
Previous research that has also been conducted in this area, suggests that the effects become stronger and greater the more that you practice and engage in the activity.
They suggest that engaging in the activity for 10-20 minutes, at least 2 times every day, is ideal.
Overall, it's beneficial to know that healthy habits can alter our gene expression. And researchers insist that we can dramatically alter our lives for the better, by adapting and growing healthy habits like this.
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The information that is posted above is not intended or implied to ever be used as any substitute for professional medical advice, or diagnosis or treatment. The above is posted for informational purposes only.
Sources:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-4609948/Yoga-reduces-risk-cancer-altering-genes.html
https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2013/05/study-how-yoga-alters-genes/275488/
http://time.com/4822302/yoga-meditation-genes-stress/
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Most of us know how good is meditation for our body and mind equilibrium, most difficult part is creating a daily routine practice.
We feel the positive benefit of meditation almost instantly, why is it so hard to keep doing whatr is good for us?
Nice article... :)
When we do yoga, all our attention only enters into ourselves, we train ourselves to keep looking inside. A nice thing, we know what we're feeling, we judge our own emotions.
Thanks for share @doitvoluntarily
This is so true!! My father at the age of 63 and after 7 years of yoga is super flexible and strong. He's able to touch his toes with his fingers while standing up easily and super balanced. He said that yoga and meditation changed his life. Thanks for sharing !!! 😊
I wish I would love yoga :) but I do Transcendental Meditation and have recently started Qigong - both practices that have been studied for their their Health benefits, and also followed Joe Dispenza's work - so I truly believe we can make changes even down to the DNA level.
thanks for sharing about your experience :)
Meditation can defiantly make changed to our health and gives the body a super boost. but i don't think it can make DNA changes,
I dunnoe why yoga is so underrated form of physical activity...thanks for highlighting it's benefits...hope it spreads worldwide.
I like it.
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I think it may be due to the fact it often looks like you're "doing very little". But even in cases where you are moving easily and slowly, there is so much more happening inside of the body and the mind as well.
Nice post. By doing meditation, you also increase consciousness and awareness.
Very detailed and thought out post. The information you talked about not only was great but spot on. Thanks for sharing. 🌞
I should at least try it once but I am actually quite relax since I am on Steemit 😎✌
I've been discovering yoga for the last 2 years with great pleasure. At first I focused a lot on the physical aspect of yoga, wanted to gain more flexibility and control over my body. I have changed my approach recently and instead of pushing myself to do more advanced poses I've been doing a lot of breathing exercise. It's the best exercise you can do and can do it anywhere!
You should try meditation as well, check out A Course In Consciousness.
I am going to have to step up my meditation game