the power of meditation and how it affects our brains

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The Power of Meditation

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What is meditation?

Meditation is a means of transforming the mind. Meditation practices are techniques that encourage and develop concentration, clarity, emotional positivity, and a calm seeing of the true nature of things.

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What happens in your brain when you meditate

Brain-changing benefits

Neuroscientists found that, after just 11 hours of meditation, practitioners had structural changes around the anterior cingulate cortex, a part of the brain involved in monitoring our focus and self control.

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How can mindfulness meditation improve your focus?

Numerous studies have shown that mindfulness meditation can improve our ability to sustain attention. The ability to concentrate on our breathing for long periods of time transfers over to other pursuits. If we can focus on a subtle object like our breath for 20 minutes, think how easy it will be to focus on sports, work, our partner, or anything else for that matter.

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7 Ways Meditation Can Actually Change The Brain Meditation Helps Preserve the Aging Brain Meditation Reduces Activity in the Brain’s “Me

Center” Its Effects Rival Antidepressants for Depression,

Anxiety Meditation May Lead to Volume Changes in Key

Areas of the Brain Just a Few Days of Training Improves

Concentration and Attention Meditation Reduces Anxiety — and Social

Anxiety Meditation Can Help with Addiction

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