You can live a healthy lifestyle for the rest of your life by including meditation in your everyday life. Meditation can improve the quality of your life and can even be beneficial for your health.
What is meditation?
The definition of meditation is the action or practice of meditating. There are many different methods of meditation. But it’s all preference. The first method of meditation is mindfulness meditation. In mindfulness meditation, you pay close attention to the thoughts that are passing through your mind. You observe patterns in your thoughts and concentrate on your feelings and thoughts. The next method is focused meditation. Focused meditation is where you focus on all 5 senses. This adds additional focus to your life. The third method is a movement meditation. Movement meditation can be so many different things. So for example walking through the woods, yoga, or any other form of gentle motions. This is good to help your mind wander freely. The fourth method is progressive relaxation. This method is best for relieving tension throughout your body and mind. It’s good to practice before bed and to relieve stress. There are so many more methods!
How can you involve meditation in your life?
The good thing about meditation is you can decide how long you want to practice each method and what works for you. So, the best method for needing to calm down and relieve stress quickly is progressive relaxation. The reason why is because you can just relax and do the breathing techniques that go with the method. You can do this everywhere and quickly such as at work or even school. Instead of scrolling on social media and wasting your time, take that extra time and do movement meditation. It’s very productive and relaxing. You can google some yoga on Youtube or some calming music to listen to on a calming walk. Another good way to involve meditation in your life can be either waking up a little bit earlier (even 10 minutes!) or staying up a little bit later before bed. Any technique will work for this. But if you wanted a shorter method I would recommend focused meditation because it calms the entire body and mind.
How does meditation improve your life?
Meditation does so many things for your life. The article ‘27 meditation statistics for your well being in 2021’ by disturbmentnot.co states “Furthermore, mindfulness meditation statistics show that other reasons for meditating include boosting energy levels (60%), improving memory and focus (50%), and relieving anxiety, stress, and depression.” This shows that meditation does so much more than just calm the mind and body. If you start meditating and your energy levels become a lot higher you will be so much more productive giving you more time to do things. Meditation also helps mental health which overall improves your life because when you have depression, stress, or anxiety, your mood becomes very low, you can’t concentrate and it can cause strains on relationships with family and friends.
How does meditation improve your physical health?
Once again meditation does SO many things for your life. One way meditation improves your physical health is, it can help you fight addictions. Over time practicing meditation you develop mental discipline. So if you have mental discipline, you gain self-awareness and can redirect your attention to your emotions and find the triggers that are causing the addiction. Another way is it can decrease blood pressure. Meditation controls blood pressure by relaxing the nerve signals that coordinate heart function, and blood vessel tension.
In conclusion, everybody should involve meditation in their life to live a healthy lifestyle.
SOURCES
https://www.bustle.com/articles/121407-how-to-start-meditating-6-way
https://disturbmenot.co/meditation-statistics/
