For those of you participating in DASHA®’s 7-Week Summer Wellness Challenge, we know you are busy taking small steps towards incorporating new fitness habits into your daily life. And some of that change, before it can begin to take shape in your body, takes place in the mind first. When we meditate, we affect our brain chemistry, which, over time, can have a positive influence on our bodies as well. Below are the top three benefits of meditation:
INCREASED IMMUNITY: Progressive muscle relaxation through deep breathing has been proven to strengthen the body’s ability to fight disease and cancerous cells.
LOWER BLOOD PRESSURE: Meditation makes your body less responsive to stress hormones, as it’s the body’s natural blood pressure medication! Lowering your blood pressure helps your heart.
D-STRESS: Meditation loosens the connections of your neural pathways, meaning the more emotional part of your brain that processes the information it receives relaxes, or loosens its grip on you. In result, this makes room for the reasoning connections of your neural pathways, which allows you to assess information more clearly and calmly. Less anxiety means less stress, and reducing stress can help the body to resolve many issues, including infertility, weight problems, and chronic pain.
Meditation is just one tool you can use to enhance your well-being and get in the fitness habit!
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