Are you one of these people who turns their nose up at the thought of meditating....you either think it s for a different "type of person" from you, or even if you were so inclined, you think you have no time available!!
Well...read through the list from I Motivation below and just see what benefits you are missing!!
- Lowers oxygen consumption.
- Decreases respiratory rate.
- Increases blood flow and slows the heart rate.
- Increases exercise tolerance.
- Leads to a deeper level of physical relaxation.
- Good for people with high blood pressure.
- Reduces anxiety attacks by lowering the levels of blood lactate.
- Decreases muscle tension
- Helps in chronic diseases like allergies, arthritis etc.
- Reduces Pre-menstrual Syndrome symptoms.
- Helps in post-operative healing.
- Enhances the immune system.
- Reduces activity of viruses and emotional distress
- Enhances energy, strength and vigour.
- Helps with weight loss
- Reduction of free radicals, less tissue damage
- Higher skin resistance
- Drop in cholesterol levels, lowers risk of cardiovascular disease.
- Improved flow of air to the lungs resulting in easier breathing.
- Decreases the aging process.
- Higher levels of DHEAS (Dehydroepiandrosterone)
- Prevented, slowed or controlled pain of chronic diseases
- Makes you sweat less
- Cures headaches & migraines
- Greater Orderliness of Brain Functioning
- Reduced Need for Medical Care
- Less energy wasted
- More inclined to sports, activities
- Significant relief from asthma
- improved performance in athletic events
- Normalises to your ideal weight
- harmonises our endocrine system
- relaxes our nervous system
- produce lasting beneficial changes in brain electrical activity
- Cure infertility (the stresses of infertility can interfere with the release of hormones that regulate ovulation).
- Builds self-confidence.
- Increases serotonin level, influences mood and behaviour.
- Resolves phobias & fears
- Helps control own thoughts
- Helps with focus & concentration
- Increase creativity
- Increased brain wave coherence.
- Improved learning ability and memory.
- Increased feelings of vitality and rejuvenation.
- Increased emotional stability.
- improved relationships
- Mind ages at slower rate
- Easier to remove bad habits
- Develops intuition
- Increased Productivity
- Improved relations at home & at work
- Able to see the larger picture in a given situation
- Helps ignore petty issues
- Increased ability to solve complex problems
- Purifies your character
- Develop will power
- greater communication between the two brain hemispheres
- react more quickly and more effectively to a stressful event.
- increases one’s perceptual ability and motor performance
- higher intelligence growth rate
- Increased job satisfaction
- increase in the capacity for intimate contact with loved ones
- decrease in potential mental illness
- Better, more sociable behaviour
- Less aggressiveness
- Helps in quitting smoking, alcohol addiction
- Reduces need and dependency on drugs, pills & pharmaceuticals
- Need less sleep to recover from sleep deprivation
- Require less time to fall asleep, helps cure insomnia
- Increases sense of responsibility
- Reduces road rage
- Decrease in restless thinking
- Decreased tendency to worry
- Increases listening skills and empathy
- Helps make more accurate judgements
- Greater tolerance
- Gives composure to act in considered & constructive ways 78- Grows a stable, more balanced personality
- Develops emotional maturity
On the other hand ..you could just add the above 79 items to your TO DO List!!!