Meditation
is a practice native to India that has at least 5 thousand years old. It has been used by countless people throughout history for their
great benefits for the
body, the
mind and the
spirit. Despite being a practice of
traditional east, the busy life of
the West and its
effects on
health has led to increasingly
western to find
well-being by meditating.
What are these benefits?
Benefits of meditation for the physical body
Meditation is the ally perfect to
release and prevent dysfunctional stress. It is a practice that just like sport, it improves the
production of serotonin and reduces the levels of
lactate, so that in addition to experiencing a better mood and decrease
anxiety,
decrease the pain of tension, such as
headaches,
insomnia, digestive problems, muscle or joint. Practicing meditation will also make you strenghthen your
immune system, being less prone to develop diseases present or future.
Benefits of meditation for the mind
The practice of meditation has
healing effects to our
brain. When we meditate
our brain converts
beta waves into
alpha waves. This process has a
very beneficial effect on our mind, because we abandon the mental agitation of our own style of life,
a state of peace that will allow us to be more creative and intuitive.In short, we become more
aware, perceptive and
acute, which then leads to greater well being and assertiveness with your environment. Meditation
produces positive changes in the brain which we discuss in the next post.
Meditation as a therapeutic technique
There are so many
benefits of meditationthat many experts
have included this technique as a therapeutic method in the query; is the case of
Lucas Elizalde, therapist system Luminia, a therapy that includes meditation as the main practice to treat different ailments. But it is not the only one,
the meditation has attracted the interest of scientists and been the subject of numerous studies that have shown the effects that you have to practice on our health. It is for this reason that the
meditation is being incorporated into some hospitals
as a complementary technique to some treatments of a lifetime.