The human body functions miraculously. Your body has defenses to deal with problems such as infection, disease, and pathogens. For example, your eyelids protect the eyes from dust and pollution. Your skin protects you from chemicals, temperature fluctuations, pressure, and micro-organisms. Every part of your body works to keep you healthy and safe. But the body is also vulnerable to pain, disease, and other ailments.
There are days when you don’t feel good because you have a headache or a fever. So, you cancel appointments, meetings, and conferences for that day. When your body is in pain, it needs to rest and you find that your day has come to a standstill.
You lose out time, energy, and focus. To care for your body, you should begin practicing meditation. It has been proved scientifically that by practicing meditation, you can preserve, maintain, and improve your physical health. Read on to find out more about how meditation helps you to be physically fit.
HELPS WITH HEADACHES
Meditation can help you deal with migraines and tension headaches. Migraines and tension headaches are different. Migraines are associated with pain which has a throbbing quality. In tension-type headaches, the pain is likely to be steady and chronic.
A research study in 2018 shows that mindfulness meditation helps control headaches. This research concludes that mindfulness meditation shows great promise. It helps to reduce pain during migraine and tension headaches
MANAGES RESPIRATORY PROBLEMS
Meditational practices improve your respiratory system. Meditation influences your lung health. It helps people who suffer from Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD). COPD is a lung disease that blocks the airflow and makes it difficult to breathe.
In research, it is proved that mindfulness meditation helps to reduce the symptoms of COPD along with improvement in accurately assessing the symptoms of COPD.
COMMON COLD
Suffering from a common cold? If you are, it means that your immune system has been attacked by the virus. You end up with a runny nose, body aches, and sneezing. You can meditate to get rid of the cold.
A research study conducted by the University of Wisconsin shows that people who practice mindful meditation for eight weeks are less likely to suffer from seasonal diseases such as the cold. Through meditation, you can develop body resistance and enjoy good respiratory health.
TAKES CARE OF SKIN PROBLEMS
Meditation practices affect the skin. Research shows that there are connections between skin condition and psychological state. In a medical documentary titled “the connection”. Jon Kabat- Zinn says that meditation benefits people who are suffering from psoriasis, a skin disease.
In people who are suffering from psoriasis, there is an acceleration of the life cycle of the skin cells. There is an accumulation of dead cells on the surface of the skin. The skin becomes itchy, scaly, and red. Psoriasis is a chronic disease with no cure.
In a research study, it is proven that mindfulness meditation complements ultraviolet light therapy a treatment for skin disorders to positively influence the rate of skin clearance in psoriasis.
In people who are suffering from psoriasis, there is an acceleration of the life cycle of the skin cells. There is an accumulation of dead cells on the surface of the skin. The skin becomes itchy, scaly, and red. Psoriasis is a chronic disease with no cure. In a research study, it is proven that mindfulness meditation complements ultraviolet light therapy, a treatment for skin disorders to positively influence the rate of skin clearance in psoriasis.
Meditation can help you to take care of acne problems. A study in 2016 shows that meditation is used as a complementary therapy for acne. Meditation reduces cortisol, the stress hormone in the body. As cortisol production reduces, the stress reduces and your acne reduces.
A study conducted by UCLA shows that meditation slows down aging. It is found that people who practice meditation have less brain shrinkage which usually happens with age.
REDUCES PAIN
Meditation practices aids in chronic pain management. Any kind of pain which lasts for more than six months is called chronic pain. The pain will continue to persist for a long time and hinder your everyday routine. The good news is that there is research about treating chronic pain with meditation.
There are meditation practices to help you treat pain. A study conducted in 2018 shows that meditation changes the structure of your brain over a long period of time allowing you to develop cortical thickness in some parts of the brain which makes you less sensitive to pain.
IMPROVES DIGESTION
Practicing meditation can help you manage digestive disorders like acid reflux. A study conducted in 2019 shows that there is a relation between mindfulness meditation and acid reflex. The study concludes that mindfulness meditation helps to reduce stress in people who are suffering from acid reflux.
LOWERS BLOOD PRESSURE
You can maintain low blood pressure levels through meditation. Blood pressure is defined as the force of blood flowing on the walls of arteries. If blood pressure rises, then it damages your heart. High blood pressure means that the blood in the vessels moves with more force.
As the result, the arteries get damaged over time. This can lead to dangerous complications if not treated properly. A new study reveals that practicing transcendental meditation leads to the stimulation of an enzyme called telomerase. Telomerase helps in reducing blood pressure.
