The practice of meditation, apart from the psychological benefit, causes a feeling of physical relaxation in our body. A study by the University of Wisconsin-Madisonha (USA) with the collaboration of a Spanish and French center has shown indications that the effects of this state of mental abstraction could go beyond muscle distension, by generating an alteration in the expression of our genes.
'I'm going to have a heart attack' we hear in our heads as we feel like we are breathing heavily as our boss pressures us to finish that project today without fail. Who has not said that to himself during a moment of intense work where he feels that he has lost control?
People who practice meditation are better able to read the facial expressions of others, and show more activity in the regions of the brain related to empathy, according to a study published in the journal Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience.
Practicing yogic meditation for 12 minutes a day reduces the inflammatory response of the immune system that is associated with many chronic health problems, including stress, according to a study published in the journal Psychoneuroendocrinology. Researchers at the University of California had already found in previous work that meditation practice increases brain connections.
In the last decade, several studies have analyzed the effects of meditation on our brain, but also on the heart, on the immune system, when it comes to fighting pain and even against insomnia. These are some of the most relevant conclusions.
People who practice meditation for many years strengthen the connections in their brain and have a greater number of folds in the cortex of the brain, according to a study published in the journal Frontiers in Human Neuroscience. These characteristics are related to greater memory and the ability to process information and make decisions. In addition, the work demonstrates the plasticity of the brain, that is, its ability to adapt to environmental changes.
Heart disease patients who practice transcendental meditation to reduce stress have a 50 percent lower rate of death, heart attack and stroke than those who do not meditate, according to a study by researchers from the Medical College of Wisconsin, in United States and published in the journal 'Archives of Internal Medicine'.
The transcendental meditation technique could help improve academic performance in mathematics and English in students with low grades, according to a study by the Maharishi University of Management in California (USA) published in the journal 'Education'.
Danni Büchner is invited to Sam Dylan's Halloween party. But the "Goodbye Germany" emigrant has no desire for many other party guests. And find clear words.
