Welcome back! Today's episode is all about the (many) benefits of meditation! Enjoy!
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Hello, and welcome back to zensational student meditations. Today we are going to talk about the (many) benefits of meditation. As many of you might know, meditation is a widely known practice that can be done by anyone. But some people do not know that there are many benefits to it too. Meditation has shown to have positive impacts on people. There are the more obvious benefits, decreasing stress and anxiety, and increasing positive emotions and our self-awareness. There are some lesser-known benefits such as increasing your patience and tolerance and even expanding our imagination and creativity. A study done at MIT about the benefits of meditation revealed that meditation reduced the activation of the amygdala, a brain region that processes fear and other emotions. According to the Mayo Clinic, meditation has many benefits relating to emotions. “When you meditate, you may clear away the information overload that builds up every day and contributes to your stress. The emotional benefits of meditation can include: Gaining a new perspective on stressful situations, Building skills to manage your stress, Increasing self-awareness, Focusing on the present, Reducing negative emotions, and more. Some research suggests that meditation may even help symptoms of different types of illnesses including, asthma, high blood pressure, and heart disease. However, more scientific research needs to be done on this. Actual scientific research on meditation has been a recent endeavor, and hopefully, as time goes on, we will discover more benefits of meditation with actual scientific evidence. Since this is a podcast mainly for students (but anyone can benefit from this podcast, don’t worry!), let’s talk about some specific benefits of meditation for students. In a meditation study, students reported “perceptions of decreased test anxiety, nervousness, self-doubt, and concentration loss”. These students also believed that the skills of meditation would help them in their careers. That is all for today’s episode. Thank you so much for listening! Follow zensational student meditations on whatever platforms you are listening to this on, so you can keep up to date on new episodes. The Twitter and email account for this podcast is in the description below, so go check those out. Thank you so much for being a part of this journey. Take care!
