• April 23, 2024

A quick way to eliminate the stress of the day is through the meditation , because it gives you inner peace, but, beyond this benefit, some studies suggest that meditation changes your body.

Anyone can practice meditation , since it is very simple, cheap and does not require special equipment, so if you want to change your body to be healthier, you should only do it for a few minutes a day.

Change your genetics!

According to researchers from Wisconsin, Spain and France , the meditation Full generates specific molecular and genetic changes in the body, since it reduces the genes that cause inflammation and increase in a stressful situation.

In accordance with Richard J. Davidson, founder of the Center for the Research of Sane Minds and William James , professor of psychiatry at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, the affected genes include the so-called RIPK2 and COX2.

Even the measure of how genes self-regulate is associated with a faster recovery of cortisol when the person is in stressful situations.

Alter your brain ...

Neuroscientists of Harvard they point out that meditation Full changes brain structures after eight weeks of practice. That is, it gives a feeling of tranquility, relaxation while providing cognitive and psychological benefits.

One of the reasons is that the meditation increases the concentration of gray matter in the left hippocampus, posterior cingulate cortex, the temporo-parietal junction, and the cerebellum.

All these regions of the brain involved in learning and memory, emotional regulation, sense of self, and perspective taking. And you, do you practice meditation?

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