Meditation Can Reduce Stress and Lower Risk of Heart Disease

Meditation has been in the news recently due to its ability to lower the risk of heart disease and to reduce stress. Chronic stress has a significant negative impact on the body's immune system and can be harmful to your health.  It has been estimated that chronic stress may be responsible for up to 70% of all illness.

Meditation effectively counteracts stress by triggering the body's relaxation response. Practicing meditation decreases your heart rate, slows your breathing, normalizes your blood pressure and helps your body to use oxygen more efficiently. 

Although the article below discusses the benefits of Transcendental Meditation (TM), even a basic daily meditation of 10 minutes of focused breathing can have significant health benefits. Simply get comfortable, clear your mind and begin to focus on your breathing, gently bring your attention back to your breathing when your mind begins to wander. (it's perfectly natural that this will occur). 

With regular, daily practice you will begin to notice greater feelings of calmness, mental clarity, confidence and creativity. Meditation becomes easier with practice, is free, always available to you and is effective for both short-term stress relief and long-term health promotion. So what are you waiting for? Try it today!  

Read the HealthNews article here: 

http://www.healthnews.com/en/articles/0ah1yTFQrD19kF3PjqP5by/Meditation-Can-Reduce-Stress-and-Lower-Risk-of-Heart-Disease/

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