Meditation Made Easy

HERE’S THE SCIENCE BIT 😉 …

WHY MEDITATION?

Meditation has more benefits than you could imagine:

Meditating turns off the stress in your body

The fight, flight or freeze / stress response (sympathetic nervous system) is supposed to be a temporary response to get you out of danger, but in this modern world, it is likely yours is activated constantly – from the alarm going off in the morning, to a traffic jam making you late for a meeting.

This means your cortisol levels never get a chance to reduce, which means they become so high that they become ineffective, creating dis-ease in the body which can lead to serious stress-related health conditions such as heart attacks & strokes

It is imperative you take action to switch off your stress response & turn down that cortisol.

The good news is – meditation can do that for you, by switching on your relaxation response (the parasympathetic nervous system), which in turn switches off your stress response (your sympathetic nervous system / fight, flight or freeze)

Meditation makes you younger (I kid you not!)

Telomeres are the little caps at the end of each strand of your DNA that protect your chromosomes, like the plastic covering at the end of shoelaces.

Without the covering, shoelaces begin to fray – it’s the same with chromosomes – as we age, our telomeres shorten, our DNA strands become damaged & our cells can’t do their jobs properly – this is when we see age related conditions developing.

Research has shown that with even just 15 minutes a day of a meditative activity, your Telomeres can begin to repair and regrow!

This means you can stave off age related diseases, feel younger & have more vitality!

 Meditation Improves your memory

It was once thought that our brains were solid & unchangeable, but we now know we can change & develop them by practising new thoughts & by implementing simple practices to develop new neural-pathways 

By meditating for 15 minutes a day, you will enable your hippocampus ( your memory centre) to develop, meaning you can Improve your memory 

 Meditation balances both hemispheres of your brain

Your brain has 2 hemispheres which work together in harmony:

Though the theory that the left hemisphere is more logical & analytical & the right hemisphere is more creative & intuitive is not accurate, more recent research is showing that sensory information bounces between both sides of your brain in order to be processed

Meditation is beneficial because it helps to balance the 2 sides of the brain, aiding harmonious functioning, helping to stave off diseases of the brain such as Dementia & Alzheimers

As well all of the above (as if that isn’t enough!) Meditation:

Improves your overall cognitive function – Helps you feel calmer – Reduces anxiety – Eases mild depression – Focuses your mind

All the time you invest in meditation pays for itself countless times over as you become more productive & effective as a human being!

What’s not to lose?!