What are the Benefits of Meditation and Mindfulness?
A common question I get is, “How can Meditation and Mindfulness help me to get the things I need? I thought they were just used as a way to clear the mind, and bring acceptance, calmness and harmony to the body?
Well, what was once viewed purely as a spiritual art form, is now seen just as often as a science. With consistent practice, Meditation especially, can help you achieve your goals and aspirations much quicker than you ever realized.
We often get in our own way when we’re thinking about new ventures. Worrying about all the things that might go wrong, or how we might mess it up.
Then before we even really get started, we’ve already convinced ourselves it’s going to fail anyway, so why bother starting! A stable mind allows logical thinking, and meditation and mindfulness allows that to become a natural process.
The benefits of meditation and mindfulness
I’ve put together a small list of the benefits of Meditation and Mindfulness:
The links in each, point to a piece of scientific evidence to save you having to go look 😉 .
- It helps reduce stress
- It helps you to controls anxiety
- It promotes emotional health
- It enhances self-awareness
- It can lengthen your attention span
- It improves your focus
- It will improve the quality of your sleep
- It helps improves memory
- It can help you to control pain
- It helps regulate mood
- It can help you to become more creative
- It reduces the risk of heart disease and stroke
- It reduces blood pressure
- It’s even been shown to help with things like Fibromyalgia and Psoryasis. (PDFs)
So, whether you’ve had an interest in Meditation and/or Mindfulness for some time, or if it’s something you’ve just started looking into: there’s plenty of reasons to practice every day.
Why not let me know in the comments if you think Mindfulness, or Meditation can help you in your development?
