Meditators are highly tuned into their emotions, study finds
Meditators are highly tuned into their emotions, study finds
Maintaining good overall health involves more than just eating a healthy diet and getting plenty of exercise. While these factors are important, they do little to stimulate mental health or repair the mind-body-spirit connection. For this, brain training programs like meditation are extremely important.
In fact, a recent study from a team of University of California, Berkeley researchers found that individuals who regularly practice meditation have more highly tuned mind-body connection than most other people.
The researchers compared the degree to which the emotions of meditators followed physical changes in their bodies, like increased heart rate and rapid breathing. They found that compared to dancers – another group of people who are trained to be highly dialed into their physical bodies – and the general public, meditators were more aware of their emotional.
“We all talk about our emotions as if they are intimately connected to our bodies – such as the ‘heartache of sadness’ and ‘bursting a blood vessel’ in anger,” said Robert Levenson, who led the study.
The findings confirm many of the teachings of Ilchi Lee, who believes that meditation plays an important role in both physical and mental health.
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