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#1) Meditation is good for mind and body. Ninety cancer patients were taught meditation and then compared to cancer patients who did not have meditation exposure. After seven weeks, those who had meditated reported that they were significantly less depressed, anxious, angry and confused than the control group, which hadn't practiced meditation. The meditators also had more energy and fewer heart and gastrointestinal problems than did the other group. This study was published in the journal Psychosomatic Medicine.
#2) Meditation reduces anxiety. Anxiety can be described as experiencing overwhelming feelings of fear, worry and tension. Meditation offsets these by slowing down racing thoughts and regulating breathing, which calms the nervous system. People with anxiety who regularly practiced meditation over the course of three years saw positive, long-term impacts on their mental health, according to a study in General Hospital Psychiatry.
#3) Meditation eases depression. A study by Harvard neuroscientist Dr. Sara Lazar showed that the brains of meditators had remarkably more "prefrontal cortex gray matter thickness" meaning that the more you practice meditation, the stronger & better your prefrontal cortex, the greater your emotional well-being and balance. Another study done with people who were recently diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis (MS) compared those who were taught meditation with those who did not receive the instruction. The result: Meditators reported better coping skills and less perceived stress, and their symptoms of depression had been reduced,” said Neurologist and Lawson Associate Scientist Dr. Sarah Morrow. The research was done at the Lawson Health Research Institute.
If you're local, please join us for group meditation:
Wednesday evening 7 - 8 pm
Sunday morning 9 - 10 am.
#2) Meditation reduces anxiety. Anxiety can be described as experiencing overwhelming feelings of fear, worry and tension. Meditation offsets these by slowing down racing thoughts and regulating breathing, which calms the nervous system. People with anxiety who regularly practiced meditation over the course of three years saw positive, long-term impacts on their mental health, according to a study in General Hospital Psychiatry.
#3) Meditation eases depression. A study by Harvard neuroscientist Dr. Sara Lazar showed that the brains of meditators had remarkably more "prefrontal cortex gray matter thickness" meaning that the more you practice meditation, the stronger & better your prefrontal cortex, the greater your emotional well-being and balance. Another study done with people who were recently diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis (MS) compared those who were taught meditation with those who did not receive the instruction. The result: Meditators reported better coping skills and less perceived stress, and their symptoms of depression had been reduced,” said Neurologist and Lawson Associate Scientist Dr. Sarah Morrow. The research was done at the Lawson Health Research Institute.
If you're local, please join us for group meditation:
Wednesday evening 7 - 8 pm
Sunday morning 9 - 10 am.
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