by Centred Meditation | Sep 23, 2016 | About Meditation, Benefits Of Meditation, Scientific
Imagine if a Doctor told you… “take this pill, it’ll make you calmer, happier, healthier, and more productive”. You’d never miss a dose! Well, meditation has been an area of interest for researchers since the 1950s and even more so in the...
by Centred Meditation | Sep 18, 2015 | Benefits Of Meditation
Research has shown that meditation can help us live longer… Meditation slows down the rate of cellular ageing: Telomeres are the protective caps at the ends of chromosomes and their length is an indicator of biological age. Telomere length shortens with...
by Centred Meditation | Sep 17, 2015 | #getcentred, About Meditation, Benefits Of Meditation
Of course, how could we go through our #getcentred series without mentioning meditation? We are a meditation studio after all… Meditation is an extremely powerful way to get centred and improve our overall wellbeing. Let’s face it – most of us are...
by Centred Meditation | Aug 20, 2015 | Benefits Of Meditation
Research has shown that meditation can help improve sleep. In a study on older adults with sleep disturbances, a meditation program for 6 weeks saw significant improvements in their ability to fall and stay asleep. Patients from another study with chronic primary...
by Centred Meditation | Jul 10, 2015 | Benefits Of Meditation
Research has shown that meditation increases your ability to control cravings: It reduces activity in the posterior cingulate cortex of the brain, which allows the mind to engage in moment-by-moment sensory experience instead of mindless addictive behaviour; It...
by Centred Meditation | Jun 3, 2015 | Benefits Of Meditation, Scientific, Stress
Photo credit: Seb Ruiz. Research has shown that meditation increases your ability to cope with demands and pressure, aka stress: It improves your ability to regulate your emotions; It improves your ability to introspect; It decreases anxiety; It decreases depression;...