1. How Meditation Affects Our Brain? Meditation And its Effects on Our Brain Yuvaap © 2022

2. INTRODUCTION Meditation is an art. It is the delicate process of letting go of all your wandering thoughts, the efforts to relax into your true nature, which is love, joy, and peace. Both spirituality and science back the amazing benefits of meditation. Meditation has the power of transforming your life for better, let’s discuss how significantly meditation can change our brain. Yuvaap © 2022

3. Here is a list of Meditation that Affects Brain Health Mindfulness Meditation Yoga Meditation Chakra Meditation Loving Kindness Meditation (Metta Meditation) Transcendental Meditation Guided Meditation Vipassana Meditation (Sayagyi U Ba Khin Tradition)

4. Slows Down the Aging of Brain Meditators develop the power of preserving the aging brain. Long term meditators retain the grey matter volume as compared to those who don’t meditate. Yuvaap © 2022

5. Reduction of Activity in “Me Centre” Meditation decrease activity in default mode network which is responsible for your wandering mind and distractions. Meditators find it easy to focus and concentrate as they can control their mind from wandering. Yuvaap © 2022

6. Meditation is the New Antidepressant Meditation has been proven to reduce anxiety and depression to a significant amount. Meditation is more like an active brain training, which helps in increasing awareness and mindfulness and hence reduces stress. Yuvaap © 2022

7. Volume Change in key areas of Brain Meditation can effectively change the structure of brain, it increases cortical thickness hence increases learning and memorization abilities. It also accounts for decreased cell volume in amygdala which is responsible for stress and anxiety hence meditation can change our emotional perception too. Yuvaap © 2022

8. Improve Concentration and Attention 25%75%. Meditators find it very easy to concentrate or focus on things which the non meditators definitely lack. It ultimately improves the cognitive skills of the meditator. Meditation is more about finding the strong focus of attention hence no doubt meditation makes it easy to stay focused. Yuvaap © 2022

9. Reduced Social Anxiety Yuvaap © 2022 Meditation helps in reducing social anxiety by reducing the stress level of the person, studies have found that meditation has brought changes in brain regions involved in attention.

10. Great Help in Addiction No other addiction can bother you when meditation becomes your addiction, people who learn mindfulness find it easy to quit their smoking or other addictive habits. Meditation helps by decoupling the state of craving, hence one feels reduced urge of smoking. Yuvaap © 2022

11. Conclusion Whether you're looking to reduce stress or find spiritual enlightenment or are looking for increased focus or concentration, meditation has it all for you. However, meditation is not a thing to force on you. It is all about comfort and relaxation. You will be amazed to see how magnanimous transformation meditation brings to our lives. So start early and become part of eternal bliss. Yuvaap © 2022

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