by Mareva Arianne Dafy
What is meditation? We know it as a relaxing activity to do when we are stressed—but nobody really does it—and some people might also know it as a practice used by the buddhists for a long time but why is it a matter? Here’s why everyone need a little bit of meditation in their life.
Meditation is good for our health
Everybody already experienced anxiety or stress in their life. Maybe during an exam, a competition or even being stressed by something you said one day and you regret it. This feeling is universal and a too large amount of it is not healthy for us. It can bring skin problems, less sleep and—usually—dandruffs in our hair. This is why sometimes, meditation comes in handy in these moments.
First, based by the research of the Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, meditation decreases our level of stress by exuding cortisol in our body and it also eases depression and suicidal problems by promoting emotional health. It means having a more positive outlook on life and gaining positive thinking and optimism by it.
Second, it improves cardiovascular health and boosts the immune system to prevents AVC and much more. You have to be aware that cardiovascular diseases are the first reason of death in the world. Meditation also leads to a reduction of pain sensitivity based by a pilot study using 22 patients—10 using the meditation treatment and 12 with no meditation—and it resulted of an increase in physical health scores, vitality —people apparently obtained a much longer time of living than the others—, and a reduction of bodily pain for those meditating.
Do you know that meditation also reduces ageing? This technique might be the new science for everyone who wants to preserve their young mind and body. It reinforced our memory so it reduces Alzheimer disease. A great health equals a long life and as the study above shows, meditation increases both.
Why meditating too much is not good?
Meditating doesn’t mean there isn’t some risks. As Cassandra Clare says “Too much darkness could kill, but too much light could blind”. By this it means that a “wild” practice can involve some physical or mental risks—paranoia sometimes saw as visions, fear and even physical pain—especially for those who had psychiatric background so it’s a wise decision for those who are in that case to be assisted by someone who already learned the ropes. Are you aware that only 25% of the studies on this subject evaluated those effects until 2015?
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