Meditation: Benefits for Mental and Physical Health
Like yoga, meditation allows you to focus on your own thoughts and the present moment of time, and in the long term - to improve the skills of concentration of attention, thoughts and consciousness, and at the same time does not require physical preparation or training and may well be feasible in the usual home environment.
What are the benefits of meditation
Meditation prevents brain aging and also improves memory by increasing the thickness of the cortex in the hippocampus during practice. The gray matter of the brain also increases, which leads to more positive emotions, increased attention and stronger emotional stability.
Meditation increases the level of the GABA hormone: the hormone promotes calmness, helps to get rid of anxiety, excitement, aggression and anger. Regular meditation increases the level of the GABA hormone in the body by 30%, thus being more effective than physical activity.
According to a recent neuroscience study evaluating the effects of meditation on the nervous system, regular meditation practice can at least partially reverse harmful imbalances in the sympathetic and parasympathetic systems.
