Tag: Meditation

If the last time you picked up a coloring book was when you were 8, it’s probably time to get one again. Coloring books...

Meditation is a way of giving your fast-paced life a much-needed rest. It reduces stress and anxiety, boosts brainpower, and relieves pain. Despite its...

Depression is a mental health condition that affects millions of people worldwide. Besides pushing a person into a gloomy and dejected state of mind,...

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If anxiety has become your standard response to the most trivial things, you should try meditation. Worrying can lead to physical and mental problems like fatigue and irritability. Meditating positively affects brain function and helps you stay calm. It also boosts the immune system and increases gray matter density. When meditating, isolate yourself and try to keep all thoughts away. Breathe, stay silent, and visualize your happy place. You’ll feel much calmer and worry less.

From a Yoga website, we can read: “Meditation is a word that has come to be used loosely and inaccurately in the modern world. That...

When scientists studied the brain activity of Buddhist monks who have meditated for several years, they found out that those who meditate probably experience the most happiness. Matthieu Ricard, also known as the happiest man in the world, shares his tips on how to successfully meditate your way to happiness.

Have you ever noticed how stress makes you hungry? Stress may contribute to changes in dietary behaviors that lead to weight gain. Stress has...

Meditating is the first thing that comes to your mind when you think about suppressing anxiety. But controlling your anxiety to start meditating is difficult. Before you start meditating, keep your eyes closed, walk alone for 10 minutes slowly, and make sure your breathing process is normal (that may reverse in anxiety). Then, close your eyes. Now, inhale and exhale deeply, feeling your stomach going out and in respectively. Continue for 2–3 minutes. It'll help you breathe fully and reset your nervous system to relaxation.

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Yoga is one of the most embraced practices in the world right now. Not only does it offer physical exercise and bodily benefits, but...

Everyone wants to increase his/her life span and quality of life. Length of telomeres and telomerase are indicators of cellular aging. The longer the telomere, the more number of times a cell can divide and refresh. Telomere shortening happens naturally as we age and can be accelerated by stress. Based on an experiment, those with more years of meditation practice had longer telomere length. Longetivity is directly proprotional to meditation!

In our culture, aging is seen as something to be feared. Growing older leads to decay and decrepitude — or so we’re led to...

Mindfulness meditation (MM), followed by transcendental meditation (TM), can be the best non-invasive ways to combat anxiety. A patient of anxiety obsessively thinks and feels negative and focuses on a tragic past or a possibly turbulent present. MM brings your mind to present sensations, whereas TM relaxes the brain.

Most women today are being pulled in many different directions. This not only creates chronic stress, but can also leave many women feeling anxious,...