posted on Dec, 5 2011 @ 10:19 AM
7 Fascinating Facts About Meditation
It Can Protect Your Telomeres
Telomeres -- the protective caps at the end of our chromosomes -- are the new frontier of anti-aging science. Longer telomeres mean that you're also
likely to live longer.
It Can Slow The Progression Of HIV
It's Pain Relieving Properties Beat MorphIne
It Makes Your Brain Plastic
Quite literally, sustained meditation leads to something called neuroplasticity, which is defined as the brain's ability to change, structurally and
functionally, on the basis of environmental input.
For much of the last century, scientists believed that the brain essentially stopped changing after adulthood.
But research by University of Wisconsin neuroscientist Richard Davidson has shown that experienced meditators exhibit high levels of gamma wave
activity and display an ability -- continuing after the meditation session has attended -- to not get stuck on a particular stimulus. That is,
they're automatically able to control their thoughts and reactiveness.
It Increases Gray Matter
A 2005 study on American men and women who meditated a mere 40 minutes a day showed that they had thicker cortical walls than non-meditators. What
this meant is that their brains were aging at a slower rate. Cortical thickness is also associated with decision making, attention and memory.
It Can Be Better Than Sleeping
It's Better Than Blood Pressure Medication
Source:
www.huffingtonpost.com...&title=It_Makes_Your