Meditation Benefits Both Mind and Body

Practicing some form of meditation for at least 10-30 minutes a day has been proven to dramatically heal both the mind and body in many different ways, from reducing stress, managing pain, and reducing heart disease, etc. In fact, Transcendental Meditation, which requires the use of a mantra (a specifically repeated word or phrase) to focus the mind has been credited with improving blood pressure, as well as "reducing thickening of the arteries and thus, helping to reduce the risk of heart attack," according to a 2000 study by the American Heart Association. In addition, a 2006 study published in the American Medical Association's Archives of Internal Medicine found that Transcendental Meditation techniques successfully reduced insulin resistance and "improved automatic nervous system tone." (More)

Source: The Examiner