The Benefits of Meditation & Why You Can't Afford Not to Try This Ancient Practice

In my July blog, I wrote about meditation as a great way of managing stress. This ancient practice has many other health benefits listed below. I hope these benefits help convince you to at least give meditation a try.

You don’t need to become a Buddhist monk or move to India to start meditating. You can start with as little as 5 minutes a few times a week and gradually increase your time. There are also guided meditations to make your introduction an easy one since they only require that relax and listen. Try our 3 minute guided meditation to see how simple it can be http://watershedtraining.ca/Meditations.aspBenefits:
* Meditation boosts the immune system (Stein, J. (2003) The Science of Meditation, TIME Magazine)

* Meditation controls high blood pressure at levels comparable to widely used prescription drugs and without the side effects of drugs (Hypertension, AMA Medical Jou
al)

* Meditators were able to reduce chronic pain by more than 50% even 4 years after completing an 8-week training course (Jon Kabat-Zinn, M.D. Stress Reduction Clinic,University of Massachusetts)

* Meditation may slow aging. A study found that people who had been meditating for more than five years were biologically 12 – 15 years younger than non-meditators (International Jou
al of Neuroscience, 1992)

* Meditation reduces the symptoms of irritable bowel syndrome (State University of New York, 2001)

* Meditation offsets the sluggishness of sleep deprivation better than a nap (University of Kentucky)

* Meditation increases in empathy (University of Wisconsin, 2008)
If you’d like to give your employees or teams a proven tool to manage stress, contact us at info@watershedtraining.ca about our Meditation Made Easy program. We’d also be happy to tell you how our Stress Management Series can make a positive contribution to your bottom-line.