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Oct 18, 2008 8:25 am
meditation
I've started leading short breathing meditations in aikido and judo classes-- i think the stressful times we are in call for it-- heres a little research on what meditation tends to do for youBenefits of Meditation
1)It produces enhanced physical functioning, improving the immune system, accelerating physical healing, and provides a general sense of relaxation and physical wellbeing.
2)It increases the ability for resonant communication with other people and to sense the internal world of another person.
3)It enhances emotional balance so that our body-mind system does not drift into chaos.
4)It creates response flexibility.
5)It activates empathetic imagination.
6)It occasions insights into self knowing.
7)It develops the part of the brain which is capable of modulating fear.
😎It provides access to our own living intuition.
9)It produces natural emergent morality.
From The Mindful Brain by Daniel Siegel MD Clinical Psychologist