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Wednesday, January 28, 2015
Benefits of mediation (blog 9)
For thousands of years mediation has proved to have physiological an physical benefits. These benefits include an effective treatment for stress, weariness, lack of focus, relationship problems, addictions and more. It may also lead to peace of mind and wellbeing, greater creativity and an overall sense of feeling enlightened. Neuroscientist have also found that, after just 11 hours of meditation, people had structural changes in the part of the brain involved in monitoring our focus and control. Research from 163 different studies suggested that mindfulness-meditation practice had an overall positive effect on improving anxiety and stress. Stress has been a major problem in the modern day we live in this is why reducing it is extremely important.
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I really enjoyed this post because I love meditating in class. Whenever we meditate I feel very relieved of all my problems. School can be very stressful in this day in age because of all the homework we receive and the pressure to get into college. Now I know what the benefits of mediation are and it all makes sense. I usually have a lot of stress and anxiety from schoolwork and such and after meditating I feel very relieved, relaxed, and more focused. I always walk out of the room feeling calm almost like floating on a cloud.
ReplyDeleteI had read the article in the link you posted and it was very informational about the all the benefits of meditating. It explains how it relieves all the stress and focuses you more. I would love to mediate before my additions with my flute. I feel I would have a better chance of getting a great score if I was relaxed and focussed before. Each time I go into an audition I'm very tense and nervous, I believe meditating will relieve this.
Thank you for posting this, it was very interesting and helpful!
Hey Alex! I found your post really interesting because I always liked meditating in class and now that, statistically, it shows that it can make a person less stress i like it even more. Although meditating seems easy (especially when Mrs. Cassidy does it), it's actually really hard. I find it hard to concentrate and clear my mind since I'm always thinking about school work and outside work. But when I get into the zone it makes me really relax and makes me feel as though I have a care-free life. I wished I started meditating more when I was doing my college application because that was extremely stressful, mediating could have really helped me .
ReplyDeleteI read the article from the link you posted and i really like it. I don't just love the cute little pictures but it gave me facts that I didn't know and can use to my advantage. For example, i guess i can be considered a moody person and I can get very tense especially with my family, but according to the article i can improve my patience and communication by meditating. Now that i think about it, it makes sense i just never put the pieces together. I'm definitely going to try meditating more and maybe take some yoga classes to de-stress myself. thank you for posting this, I learned a lot :D
Alex, your post caught my attention! I think that it is incredibly interesting because so many people jump right to medications and pills to try and calm their anxiety and stress. However, all of that is not even needed! There is apparently a much more safe way for your body and mind to cope with these things that average Americans face everyday. I personally love mediating in class, and it really helps me and allows me a chance during my busy, crazy, and stressful school day to relax, unwind, and clear my head of all negative thoughts.
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ReplyDeleteReading your post I found that I not only agree with all your points, because it's impossible not to agree with something that is proven as fact through study and experimentation, but I encourage you to perhaps move forward with this and opt for more time spent meditating in class. However, although not directly related to this post, I find that combining yoga with meditation, forcefully, is wrong. I know from experience that meditation can bring peace to a stressed body, however, doing yoga can actually damage one. As an athlete who has faced several injuries throughout the year I found that "meditation day" has become a day I fear more than any other. This is not because of the meditation, but because of the yoga. On an injured body, the yoga actually has a negative effect on the body, at least my body from my own experience. This is because certain muscles and joints in the body, when injured, simply require rest and lessened use, where as yoga can be relaxing to some, all it did was aggravate my injuries. I feel that students should have a choice between meditation, and yoga, or at the very least, the option should be available to those who would prefer not to participate in yoga for a good reason. What constitutes a good reason? If yoga makes the student feel any pain or makes tw student uncomfortable in anyway they should have the option to opt out. This is simply my opinion, however I will reiterate the fact that meditation is indeed great for the mind and body and should be done more often in class.
This post is beyond fascinating to me knowing that even thousands of years ago people were perfecting mediating. Meditating is something that must be practiced and taught, you cannot just expect success out of it everytime in my opinion. I loved Heathers comment relating the antibiotics because she is right. It is upsetting knowing that we are posioning our bodies with all these drugs and antibiotics to stop an addiction. Meditating to me is not only a physical state but also a mental if you do not believe it will work it more than likely will not. Mediating is a safe and pure way to cure small problems as Alex stated and if thousands of years ago it was working with our technology we can find new ways to improve it and prevent. I would love to look up a study on how many addictions were cured taking antibiotics versus meditating. This blog was very helpful and I am going to share my knowledge with more people I know and hopefully this will get to the right people who could use meditating over pills.
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