In matters of meditation, we are very lagging behind the countries of the eastern and western world. There, this lesson has become a mass trend, and today it is practiced in schools, hospitals, prisons, offices and in other institutions of a different order. Scientists have been studying meditation for decades, doctors recommend it, and many people practice it. And all why? Because it works!
One short meditation is enough to feel calmer and more relaxed. This phenomenon was discovered by scientists by studying the brain during meditation. Our continuous mental activity occurs with the activation of beta waves, with a decrease in this activity, our brain is cleared of the flow of thoughts and a state of deep relaxation sets in. In other words, when we meditate, our brain takes a break from the continuous flow of processed information.
Meditation can help you cope with depression and reduce stress levels. To prove this thesis, one of the studies in this area can be cited as an example: Scientists from the Universities of Harvard and Siena conducted an experiment on a group of participants who had never previously meditated. Over the course of eight weeks, they trained in various techniques, and scores of pre- and post-course psychological tests showed a reduction in stress and anxiety in each of the participants. Not without MRI analysis, the comparison showed "an increase in the thickness of the cerebral cortex in the part responsible for emotions and perception", which, as a result, also has a positive effect on the reduction of anxiety, anxiety, depression and alexithymia.
Meditation increases productivity and concentration. This time, scientists from the Universities of Washington and Arizona conducted a study that determined that meditation helps us to be more productive in multitasking situations, stay focused longer in one activity, and also solves the problem of distraction. A group of office workers was also conducted a series of tests before and after the meditation course, where they had to show their abilities in solving a variety of tasks under stress conditions, that is, constant calls, e-mail messages, urgent tasks that arise. At the end of the course, the productivity of workers who did not participate in the experiment was compared with the group who completed the course; as a result, the meditating group was less likely to be distracted when performing tasks and retained concentration for a longer time.
Meditation increases creativity. It has a beneficial effect on creativity; in various surveys, practitioners noted that by regularly meditating, the ability to think outside the box develops, and it is often during the process of meditation that original and creative ideas and solutions come.
Meditation teaches you to live in the present and understand yourself better. After analyzing your thoughts, you will find that most of them are thoughts about the past or worries about the future, we experience bitterness about the irrevocable and anxiety about the unknown, and thus we miss life. When we meditate, all our attention, mind and body are in the present moment, here and now, where there is no time and place for a heap of problems, there is only this moment. At such moments, we deeper understand the sacredness of life, the work of the mind subsides, and we can hear the true answers that have always been within us.
Having learned this simple technique and made it a habit, you will begin to pay attention to such things as the gap between two thoughts, a brief silence between words in a conversation, a gap between two notes in playing the piano, a pause between inhalation and exhalation, and this, of course, will make your life more beautiful.
