10 Mind-Blowing Benefits of Meditation

These benefits of meditation, specifically mindfulness, can reduce anxiety, improve your health, and make you happier. The power of meditation is in its simplicity. Learn more about the benefits of meditation below!

Sources:

7 Ways Meditation Changes the Brain
https://www.forbes.com/sites/alicegwalton/2015/02/09/7-ways-meditation-can-actually-change-the-brain/#6ffb4aa31465

Potential Age-Defying Effects of Long-Term Meditation
https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2014.01551/full

Meditation Experience Is Associated with Network Connectivity
https://www.pnas.org/content/108/50/20254.short

A Wandering Mind is an Unhappy Mind
https://science.sciencemag.org/content/330/6006/932.abstract

Mindfulness Practice Leads to Gray Matter Intensity
https://science.sciencemag.org/content/330/6006/932.abstract

Hippocampus in Health and Disease
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3548359/

Mindfulness Training Improves Memory Capacity and Performance
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0956797612459659

Mindfulness Mediation in the Treatment of Anxiety Disorders
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/016383439500025M

Benefits of Meditation that Rewire Your Brain
https://www.scienceofpeople.com/meditation-benefits/

Effects of Mindfulness on Psychological Well-being
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12160-008-9030-2

Loving Kindness and Compassion Meditation
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3176989/

Brain Mechanisms Supporting the Modulation of Pain
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3090218/

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