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TWT: How Meditation Changes the Brain For The Better

Are you struggling with any of these:

  • Stress
  • Anxiety
  • Overwhelm
  • Racing Mind
  • Low Mood

Studies show that just 10 minutes per day of meditation can help!

Today, I want to share with you why so many people are getting into meditation and provide you with the science behind how it can help with overall health, energy, mood, anti-aging, and so much more.

Join me on today’s #CabralConcept 2727 where I go over the research on how meditation changes the brain for the better and how you can easily add this to your daily routine – Enjoy the show and let me know what you thought!

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1. What is Meditation

The goal of meditation is to quiet the mind. Meditation is about channeling your thoughts or dissolving the self.

2. How Do You Meditate

Meditation can be done in a variety of ways, whatever works best for you to quiet the mind.  Many people sit still with their eyes closed and focus on their breathing. Others light a candle and focus on the candle in order to minimize their thoughts.  There are many ways in which you can meditate, the most important thing is to find what works for you.

3. What Are The Benefits of Meditation

Meditation has numerous benefits for mental and physical health. Studies show that meditation is important for moving the body out of fight or flight and into the rest and relaxation stage. Regular mediation can rewire the brain and affect memory, stress level, emotions, brain health, and so much more.

 

Show Notes & Resources:

> The underlying anatomical correlates of long-term meditation: Larger hippocampal and frontal volumes of gray matter (research)

> Mindfulness practice leads to increases in regional brain gray matter density (research)

> Impact of short- and long-term mindfulness meditation training on amygdala reactivity to emotional stimuli (research)

> Forever Young(er): potential age-defying effects of long-term meditation on gray matter atrophy (research)

> A wandering mind is an unhappy mind (research)

> Dynamical Properties of BOLD Activity from the Ventral Posteromedial Cortex Associated with Meditation and Attentional Skills (research)

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