What is Meditation? what it’s good for?

Overview :-

The world is running very fast and in this fast-paced life, we often forget to take care of ourselves, which leads to depression and anxiety. Through meditation we can control our inner thoughts and can keep ourselves calm even in difficult situations.

What is meditation?

Meditation is a technique by which you can control the thoughts of your mind, however this technique is not so easy because your mind is very fickle. Even if you don’t want to think about something, the mind will give you those thoughts.

According to some religions, “meditation is a religious activity to develop purposefulness, compassion, love, patience or any other feelings”. Besides, it can also have many positive and beneficial effects on our life.

Benefit’s of meditation :-

1) Psychological benefits:- Meditation helps the mind to concentrate, it psychologically strengthens you.

2) Finding Inner Self:- Meditation helps us in understanding ourselves. With this we can know deeply about our Thoughts.

3) Reducing Depression & Anxiety:- By meditating we feel peace and we are able to feel very happy. It cures depression and anxiety.

4) Increase Creativity:- You can be successful in achieving your vision by thinking about things with validating thoughts. This can help you unleash your creativity at your workplace.

 5) Increase Attention:-  When you are able to control your thoughts, it stops your wandering mind and then helps in maintaining attention.

6) Reduce Memory Loss and Enhance Memory Power:- Regular meditation strengthens your concentration power and you feel that you are forgetting things less and are also able to remember things for a longer period.

7) Enhance Energy Level :- If you meditate regularly, you will find that your energy levels are increasing and you are able to work more than before.

8) Healthy Heart:- By meditating, your blood flow improves and heart rate comes to normal level, hence it is also beneficial for the heart.

9) Improve Digestion:- By meditating you can improve your digestion so that you can eat food quickly and it can also help in weight loss.

10) Slow down Aging:- Some studies claim that meditating slows down your aging and you can look better than before.

11) Healthy Relationship:- Meditating makes you feel happy and loving which helps in building better and stronger relationships with your partner, family or  at workplace.

12) Sleep Cycle:- By meditating you can improve your sleep cycle. If you meditate regularly you get deep sleep which is very important for your body.

How can you do it?

There are many techniques for doing meditation but you can start with a simple type of meditation at first.

Follow the steps given below and move ahead.

 Step – 1) Choose a quiet place and right time (when no one will disturb you)

Step – 2) Sit in a comfortable position and keep your spine straight with your eyes closed.

Step – 3) Concentrate on your breathing. Feel that you are inhaling and exhaling your breath.

Step – 4) Feel your breath coming in and going out.

Step – 5) Observe the thoughts coming into your mind and bring focus back on your breath.

Step – 6) Aim for 2 to 5 minutes at beginning. Step – 7) You can increase the time period if you do it regularly.