The Benefits of Meditation
The following resources discuss the multitude of health,
wellness, and longevity benefits of meditation.
• Improves mental health and diminishes pain
(https://doi.org/10.1001/jamainternmed.2013.13018)
• Slows and even reverses the aging processes
(https://doi.org/10.1038/tp.2016.164)
• Reduces the shrinking (and may even extend the
length) of telomeres (www.bluezones.com/2018/11/
can-meditation-really-slow-ageing)
• Decreases inflammation (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.
bbi.2012.10.013)
• Curbs caloric intake (https://doi.org/10.1007/s10865-
017-9884-5)
• Grows cognitive and emotive intelligence
(https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pscychresns.2010.08.006)
• Upregulates immune response
(https://doi.org/10.1370/afm.1376)
• Alters and diminishes pain perception
(https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.5791-10.2011)
• Encourages happiness and contentment (Dan
Buettner, The Blue Zones of Happiness)
SAV V Y SELF‰CARE
Meditate & Move
ABMP offers once weekly meditation on
its Facebook and YouTube pages. Angie
Parris-Raney, LMT, Chopra Center Certified
in meditation and ayurvedic lifestyles,
leads these short, online, recorded sessions
as part of our Meditate & Move series.
child, or loved one. Or perhaps we discover new
ways of being and doing that generate creative
possibilities, ideas, or visions. And when we are
regularly generating a flow state, we access and
reconnect to our personal truth. We make space
between the conflicting messages outside our
mind (or the jumbled thoughts within) in favor
of coaxing, revealing, and expressing our true
nature.
BECOMING THE SOURCE OF TRUTH
Just as there are many forms of meditation,
there are many pathways to your truth. Flow
states and embodiment practices allow us to
acknowledge the unimpeded nature of our true
self. Meditation, in any form, trains our focus
to the present moment and promotes a body-
mind connection that is calm, clear, content,
and at ease. Studies demonstrate that a host of
benefits (including clearer purpose, pleasure,
and life satisfaction) can be obtained in as
little as two minutes of daily meditation.
3
We
invite you to choose a pathway each day that
nourishes and reveals your true nature!
Notes
1. John Geirland, "Go with the Flow," September 1, 1996,
www.wired.com/1996/09/czik.
2. Headspace, "What is a Flow State and What
are Its Benefits?" accessed March 2021,
www.headspace.com/articles/flow-state.
3. Dan Buettner, The Blue Zones of Happiness: Lessons
from the World's Happiest People (Washington, D.C.:
National Geographic, 2017).
Heath and Nicole Reed are co-founders of
Living Metta•or Living "Loving•Kindness"•and•have
been team teaching national and international
workshops and retreats since 2001. They place a
strong emphasis on growing body intelligence,
intuition, and self-care. They invite•you to join
their membership community to inspire and
refresh your practice. Their bodywork, self-care
videos, webinars, home-study courses, and
more may be found at•livingmetta.com.
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