Meditation can reintroduced you to the part that is missing

-Russel Simmons

Meditation is a powerful but easier than you think, It is just a self awareness of what you are thinking and what you are doing in your daily routine life. Its a technique to focus on the mindfulness. Studies have shown that just 8 weeks of regular mindfulness practice can do wonders to your body, mind, soul.

Famous people says about the meditation

Lots of common people who practiced meditation has experienced the inner peace and found improvement in their creativity and emotions. These people are not yogis or sages but they actually realized that meditation is the time when your mind actually rest. let me share the experiences of a few incredibly successful people who practiced meditation and get benefitted out of it.

Kobe Bryant, a famous American basketball player says about meditation

“I think it’s important because it sets me up for the rest of the day, It’s like having an anchor. If I don’t do it, it feels like I’m constantly chasing the day, as opposed to being controlled and dictate the day.”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LdrVVJPlUK4

Katy Perry a American singer-songwriter practices TM, (Transcendental Meditation aka. TM is a form of meditation) she has adopted Meditation when she was just 9 years old, Its is her go to tool for the inner peace and creativity. According to her:

“I’ve been a TMer for about five years now and it is one of the most important tools I have adopted in my own life. I start the day with Transcendental Meditation. It puts me in the best mood. I wake up and just prop myself up in bed for 20 minutes. It’s the only time my mind gets absolute rest,”

https://tmhome.com/experiences

Howard Allan Stern is an American radio and television personality and author says

” I am a big proponent of meditation and for radio I feel it added tremendous creativity and having that morning and afternoon”

https://tmhome.com/experiences

Ramani Ayer, the CEO and chairman of The Hartford Group is the one of the first Indians to head a Fortune 100 company. Ramani started meditation in the age of 24 years. and been practicing for over 35 years.

“In terms of my professional life, TM meditation has helped me to consistently raise my performance levels. It has helped me cope with the stresses and strains of life. And I believe very strongly that the practice of meditation has helped me to maintain a steady state of mind — it has given me equanimity no matter what happens.“

https://tmhome.com/experiences

As Jennifer Aniston’s reached to her 50th birthday landmark, she is looking more beautiful then ever. Secret of her charming and glowing beauty is Meditation. according to her.

“20 minutes, you just notice the difference. I do it first thing when I wake up”

https://uk.tm.org/web/learn-tm/jennifer-aniston

Our very own Wolverine in the X-Men film series from 2000 to 2018, Hugh Michael Jackman, an Australian–British actor, singer, and producer also a TMer.

“Nothing has ever opened my eyes like Transcendental Meditation has. It makes me calm and happy, and, well, it gives me some peace and quiet in what’s a pretty chaotic life!”

https://uk.tm.org/web/learn-tm/jennifer-aniston

These are few of the examples and I believe now you’ll get convinced that meditation is helpful but what exactly it do to us. So after analyzing various studies and scientific research around the benefits of meditation and mindfulness. let me share some important benefits that meditation do to your Mind body and emotions.

Benefits of Meditation

A regular practice of 15-20 mins meditation for 8-12 weeks can calm your brain, help your heart and even make you a better person starting from day one.

  • Brain – Just 8 weeks of meditation decreases activity in the right amygdala, which is associated with a better stress response.
  • Heart – You may be able to lower your blood pressure naturally with twice-daily sessions of transcendental meditation.
  • Stomach – Meditation can lower the stress hormone called cortisol, helping decrease belly fat.
  • Emotions – Meditation has been found to increase alpha and theta brain wave activity, which is linked to a state of wakeful rest and relaxation.
  • Mind – Meditating engages neural systems in the brain associated with empathy.
  • Skin – Psoriasis is often exacerbated by stress, which may explain why meditation can improve it.
  • Joints – Longtime mediators showed a reduce expression of 2 types of genes linked to inflammation

So now that we have seen the so many benefits of meditation then why don’t we start practicing this for 10-20 mins on a daily basis and get benefitted from this.

Please comment below let me know how you like this 2 minutes read and do share it to at least one person in your life to get benefitted from it.


References

  1. https://www.massgeneral.org/charged/episodes/sara-lazar
  2. https://www.massgeneral.org/news/press-release/mindfulness-meditation-and-relaxation-response-have-different-effects-on-brain-function