5 Benefits of Daily Meditation

Meditation is the regular practice of focusing your mind to direct your thoughts.

Meditation is now becoming more and more popular as the benefits become apparent and health benefits are discovered.

In our busy times its a powerful tool to manage daily stress and wind down from busy-ness. You can use it to increase awareness of yourself and your surroundings.

The benefits list continues, some use it for other beneficial habits and feelings, such as a positive mood and outlook, self-discipline, healthy sleep patterns, and even increased pain tolerance.

There’s no hard rules to mediation, just that you’re away from all distractions in a nice quiet place, conscious of your thoughts.

We thought it’d be good to share with you the top 5 benefits we’ve found from practicing mindful meditation.

1 . Manage Stress

This is the most popular benefit experiences from meditating. The reduction of the stress hormone called cortisol.

In an 8-week study, a meditation style called “mindfulness meditation” reduced the inflammation response caused by stress (1)

2. Control Anxiety

As a result of the reduced stress, meditation and other practices such as yoga and sports may play a role in reducing anxiety as per new research (2)

3. Improve Concentration

By removing distraction temporarily each day, it can help us connect with our selves and focus.

4. Better Sleep

A huge number of people will face insomnia in their lives.

One study compared mindfulness-based meditation programs and found that people who meditated stayed asleep longer and had improved insomnia severity, compared with those who had an unmedicated control condition (3)

5. Can be done anywhere!

Theres nothing needed! You can do it alone or with some friends.

Let us know about your meditation practice and the benefits you experience.