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What are the benefits of doing meditation?

Hi amayaanwellness,

It has been shown to help with stress. Please find an NHS article here:

https://www.nhs.uk/news/lifestyle-and-e ... ce-stress/

Kind regards
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When I meditate I actually end up falling asleep! It is so relaxing, I just drop off.

To be serious, though, if billions of people around the world meditate, there must be value in it and it must work and have a purpose. There is also so much advice on how to mediate. But taking a personal approach is best: and doing what is right for YOU. You don't have to follow an exact science. Just mediate in your free-time and see how it goes. And it must work for me if I fall asleep. Also: you don't have to "push the thoughts out of your mind". This isn't possible. Just do what you feel when meditating.

Meditation is a habitual process of training your mind to focus and redirect your thoughts.
Benefits of Meditation:
It helps to reduce our stress and controls anxiety
Promotes emotional health
Enhances Self-Awareness
Lengthens Attention Span
May Reduce Age-Related Memory Loss
Can Generate Kindness
May Help Fight Addictions
Improves Sleep
Helps Control Pain
Can Decrease Blood Pressure
We Can Meditate Anywhere

Meditation is good, personally i do not do it. I do something like it. I pray and make sue everything is quiet and then just think and read the bible. I try to apply the bible to my life. This is how i meditate.