70 Perks of Meditation

You've heard people talking about meditation, right? But perhaps you don't know what all the fuss is about. Earlier in my journey, I thought meditation was for hippies - nothing wrong with hippies, I just didn't see myself as one. I thought that I wouldn't be able to do it, so I'd get no benefit from it, especially with my monkey mind! I was always on the go, and too busy for stuff like that anyway.

I am a meditation convert now though. Guided and visualisation meditations are my thing. I meditate every day - and if I don't get chance to do my usual routine, I certainly can tell the difference. It sets me up for the day, giving me focus and clarity to hit the ground running. And at night, it winds me (and my monkey mind) down ready for sleep. 

Meditation is low cost (free, if you know how!), simple to do (check out my guided meditations and courses), and can be done virtually anywhere once you get into it.

Here are my top 50 perks of meditation. Just a few reasons that everyone should give meditation a go!

Physiological benefits:
1- It increases blood flow and slows the heart rate
2- Increases capacity for exercise
3- Leads to a deeper level of physical relaxation
4- Helps reduce high blood pressure
5- Reduces anxiety attacks by lowering the levels of blood lactate
6- Decreases muscle tension
7- Reduces Pre-Menstrual Syndrome symptoms
8- Helps in post-operative healing
9- Benefits the immune system
10- Enhances energy, strength and vigour
11- Helps with weight loss
12- Higher skin resistance
13- Drop in cholesterol levels, lowers risk of cardiovascular disease
14- Improved flow of air to the lungs resulting in easier breathing
15- Slows the aging process
16- Helps ease pain of chronic diseases
17- Reduce headaches & migraines
18- Reduced Need for Medical Care
19- Less energy wasted
20- Significant relief from asthma
21- Improved performance in athletic events
22- Relaxes our nervous system
23- Produce lasting beneficial changes in brain electrical activity
24- Improve infertility
25- Helps in building sexual energy & desire (!)

Psychological benefits:
26- Builds self-confidence
27- Resolve phobias & fears
28- Helps control own thoughts
29- Helps with focus & concentration
30- Increase creativity
31- Improved learning ability and memory
32- Increased feelings of vitality and rejuvenation
33- Increased emotional stability
34- Improved relationships
35- Mind ages at slower rate
36- Increased Productivity
37- Improved relations at home & at work
38- Able to see the larger picture in a given situation
39- Helps ignore petty issues
40- Increased ability to solve complex problems
41- Develop will power
42- Greater communication between the two brain hemispheres
43- React more quickly and more effectively to a stressful event
44- Increased job satisfaction
45- Decrease in potential mental illness
46- More sociable behaviour
47- Less aggressiveness
48- Helps in quitting smoking, alcohol addiction
49- Reduces need and dependency on medication
50- Require less time to fall asleep, helps cure insomnia
51- Reduces road rage!
52- Decrease in restless thinking
53- Decreased tendency to worry
54- Increases listening skills and empathy
55- Helps make more accurate judgements
56- Develops emotional maturity

Spiritual benefits:
57- Helps keep things in perspective
58- Provides peace of mind, happiness
59- Helps you discover your purpose
60- Increased compassion
61- Growing wisdom
62- Deeper understanding of yourself and others
63- Brings body, mind, spirit in harmony
64- Increased acceptance of oneself
65- Changes attitude toward life
66- Helps living in the present moment
67- Creates a widening, deepening capacity for love
68- Discovery of the power and consciousness beyond the ego
69- Experience a sense of “Oneness”
70- Re-connects you to your intuition

My personal favourite is number 51! Which one do you like best?

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