Advice from Researchers on Meditation –
3 Helpful Meditation Tips
Looking for free meditation tips from key meditators? Daniel Goleman, a science writer twice nominated for the Pulitzer Prize got together with Richard Davidson, a professor of psychology and psychiatry at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Davidson was one of the first researchers to demonstrate neuroplasticity of the brain — its ability to change in response to new information — and has been researching meditation for years.
They looked at 6,000 published peer-reviewed articles about the benefits of meditation. Together they wrote The Science of Meditation: How to Change Your Brain, Mind and Body.
These are just some of the benefits of meditation shown in the research:
- Benefits emerge in the beginning hours, days, and weeks of meditation.
- “Other payoffs for novices are an increased ability to focus, less mind-wandering, and improved memory,” Goleman says.
- The more hours you meditate over a lifetime, the more benefits you will experience. Moreover, the benefits of meditation become stronger with time and practice.
- With long-term meditators, there was a lower reactivity to stress as well as lessened inflammation.
- For those who think they can’t meditate, you may think, ‘Oh, I can’t control my mind.’ It is important to understand, meditation is not about controlling your mind. Meditation brings discipline to the mind. It is the act of bringing it back that develops our synapsis, the muscles of the mind.
The authors shared these 3 free meditation tips:
- It is important for novice meditators to have a good teacher.
- Go on a retreat where someone can guide you. It is important to realize the data suggests meditation retreats give people the most measurable progress. “Feedback from a teacher is important because you can get stuck. Even though I’ve meditated for many years, I can still improve.” Goleman says.
- A few minutes a day is better than nothing. “Ten minutes in the morning, ten at lunch and ten at night is a good way to start,” he suggests. Money worries, family issues or health problems may remain. However, your meditation practice helps release stress and improve clarity.
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