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Meditation has numerous health benefits, such as reducing anxiety and stress, improving blood pressure and improving concentration. Therefore, it has been increasingly practiced, since most exercises can be performed anywhere or at any time, without the need to invest in equipment.
Some examples of the most common meditation techniques are yoga, tai chi, transcendental meditation andmindfulness, that can be practiced alone, or with the help of a professional.
Some of the benefits of meditation are:
1. Reduce stress and anxiety
Meditation, especially exercisemindfulness, helps to reduce stress and diseases related to excess stress, as this type of meditation allows the person to relax, without focusing their attention on the past or concerns about the future. See how to practice exercise mindfulness.
In addition, studies show that practicing yoga exercises also helps to reduce anxiety, better control phobias and social anxiety.
2. Improve sleep
Regular meditation practice helps to reduce negative thoughts and stress and anxiety in everyday life, leaving the person more relaxed and fuller, preventing them from going to sleep with negative thoughts, facilitating falling asleep and improving the quality of life. sleep.
See other tips that help to increase the quality of sleep.
3. Valuing small moments in life
Meditation, in addition to helping to reduce stress, also increases attention to the activities performed on a daily basis, making them more satisfying and intense, because the person is more fulfilled, enjoying more of the present moment. In addition, several studies indicate that meditation also contributes to controlling depression, making the person have a more optimistic outlook on life.
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4. Promote self-awareness
The practice of meditation exercises allows people to get to know each other better and better, as they dedicate more time to them, allowing them to focus more on their thoughts and attitudes, questioning them and realizing their motivations.
5. Increase productivity at work
Meditation contributes to increased concentration, to self-knowledge of the person's skills, as well as their limitations, contributing to well-being and quality of life at work, thus improving productivity.
In addition, meditation also helps to better deal with stress and conflict at work, providing better coexistence between colleagues.
6. Reduce blood pressure
The performance of meditation exercises contributes to normalize blood pressure, not only while the exercises are being practiced, but also daily, with the frequent practice of these exercises.
Learn how to practice the most common meditation exercises.
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- OLIVEIRA, Tais Pereira; SILVA, Patrícia Costa. EFFECTS OF MEDITATIVE PRACTICE ON QUALITY OF LIFE AND PRODUCTIVITY OF WORKERS. Conclusion of Administration Course, Brazilian Institute of Business Management.
- SILVA, Stelamares Menezes. Health benefits of meditation: Perception of practitioners at the Sahaja Yoga center in Taguatinga DF. Graduation Course in Public Health, 2016. University of Brasília - Faculdade de Ceilândia.