In meditation for beginners, some of the most usual questions revolving around your mind may be:
What meditation can do for you? If it can do something.
Can meditation make changes in your life or even in your brain?
I am an advanced meditator and healer. And I used to wonder the same thing when I first started.
Hence, I came across two interesting articles highlighting the benefits of regular meditation.
And I’m sharing them with you.
The first article is titled “Meditation: A Simple, Fast Way to Reduce Stress.” It was written by the world-class, recognized Mayo Clinic and published on the Mayo Clinic website.
It says meditation can bring inner peace and calm to your life, removing daily worries and anxiety—even meditation for beginners.
Since ancient times, people have practiced meditation.
It was made to deepen states of consciousness and connect with the mystical forces of life.
Nowadays, people also use it for relaxation and stress relief.
Meditation improves clinical disorders associated with stress, as it is a type of mind-body medicine.
It can :
- lower your blood pressure and
- heart rate and
- improve sleep quality.
There are several styles of meditation, and all of them share some components.
Some of the elements all meditation styles share are:
- focused attention,
- relaxed breathing,
- a quiet setting and
- a comfortable position.
Everything mentioned previously can be incorporated into the following daily practices for a meditation beginner:
- Deep breathing,
- scanning your body,
- repeating a mantra,
- taking a walk and meditating,
- participating in prayer, and
- focusing on your love and kindness.
Meditation for beginners
The second article, “New Studies Continuously Point to the Efficacy of Meditation,” was written by Dr. Joe Dispenza and published on his blog.
It echoes the first article’s idea but goes one step further by providing evidence from various scientific studies. Those studies were conducted by Mass General and Harvard Medical School neuroscientist Sara Lazar, among others.
They discovered that even novice meditators had increased gray matter in several areas of the brain, grew new neurons, and shrank their amygdala.
This implies that meditation can give you a younger brain and even reduce stress.
Because the amygdala is the brain’s survival center. And is associated with fear, anxiety, pain, and aggression.
The article emphasized that some of the primary benefits of meditation are:
- it allows people to unwind and
- engage with the present moment.
Challenge them to pay attention to their breath, observe the energy within their bodies, and listen to environmental sounds.
As with any skill you intend to learn, the more you practice, the better you will become.
Therefore, ten minutes of meditation is way better than no meditation at all.
Even the smallest meditation routine can help you grow your brain, improve your health, and reduce stress and anxiety.
So certainly you will have more capacity in your brain to:
- create,
- invent,
- dream,
- learn,
- remember, and
- improve your mind and awareness.
Based on these two articles and my experience as an advanced meditator, I’ve listed the following three actions.
I’d recommend those to anyone who wants to start meditating and improve their health and life:
- Start now. Don’t wait until you have the time or the perfect conditions to meditate. Any amount of time meditating is better than none.
- Breathe – Pay attention to your inhalation and exhalation and allow yourself to relax into it.
- Observe – Engage in the present moment. Be the observer of your bodily sensations, emotions, and thoughts. Let them pass by without clinging to them.
You must begin incorporating meditation practices into your life today.
To disrupt your automatic behaviors and patterns. And transform yourself into a healthier, more conscious being.
Meditation for beginners
VITAE
My name is Arlene, and I am an observer.
At the moment, I’m passionately devoting my time and energy to deepening my understanding of life’s functioning and human consciousness and strengthening my connection with Source.
Because of my professional background, my journey and studies into human life experience have always been permeated and imprinted with engineering/management thinking. This prompts me to constantly seek an understanding of the raw building blocks and components of existence. I am continually on an expansive, spiraling process of discovery and dot connections.
Please feel free to contact me on social at @arlenedeangelis.
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