Meditation

What are the effects of meditation on the body?

What should we do when we have a lot of stress and the body system is out of its normal state?

Or, for example, when we spend a lot of time at work or in stressful situations, how should we calm ourselves down?

These conditions can increase the risk of stress and strain. If you are not careful, this condition can eventually lead to chronic stress and endanger your health, especially if the problem is caused by hormones in the body.

This article explains Six reasons to know how meditation can improve the body’s hormones and help balance them.

First we need to know what meditation is.

Meditation is a genuine and practical art that relaxes the human body and soul at the same time.

Meditation means concentrating the mind. This focus in meditation can be on a voice, phrase or prayer, object, image, self-awareness, how to breathe, and so on.

It can also help you relax, reduce stress and stay healthy.

People who meditate regularly are less likely to experience anxiety and depression, and more happy and satisfied with life.

Do not underestimate the effects of meditation.

1- Meditation balances the hormones cortisol and adrenaline

Thousands of years ago, if a human were chased by a tiger, the body would release stress hormones such as cortisol and adrenaline to increase strength and speed.

This reaction of war or flight was quickly transmitted to the body so that it could protect its body or escape danger.

When the danger subsided, hormone levels returned to normal.

But in today’s stressful world, this hormonal response may begin with different (and simpler) situations, such as car alarms, job pressures, or baby noise.

So we can say that there are many situations in today’s world that can stimulate us and cause the release of stress hormones.

In such cases, adrenaline increases heart rate and blood pressure.

Cortisol also raises blood sugar, weakens the immune system, and impairs digestion.

But when you meditate, the levels of cortisol and adrenaline in the body decrease and blood pressure and heart rate are balanced.

This is one of the most effective results of meditation or meditation on the body.

Meditation can be considered an antidote to the stresses of the modern world.

2- Releasing serotonin and oxytocin and improving mood through meditation and meditation

Meditation also releases emotion-related hormones such as serotonin and oxytocin.

The function of serotonin is to maintain the balance of mood as found in many antidepressants.

But when we meditate, the body secretes this hormone.

Oxytocin, also called the love hormone, promotes love, romantic attachments and empathy.

So meditation can help you have a better relationship in life.

3- Increase melatonin and help you sleep better by doing meditation

Melatonin, known as the sleep hormone, is a hormone that controls the sleep-wake cycle, and the body controls its production, like an internal clock. When we are stressed, melatonin levels drop. That’s why we can not sleep properly when we are stressed.

Fortunately, with meditation you can increase melatonin production and sleep better.

4- Increasing dopamine and improving attention and concentration by doing meditation

Dopamine is a hormone that controls the reward and pleasure centers of the brain. This hormone acts as an information filter and prepares the brain for peak performance. Dopamine also increases memory, attention and the ability to solve problems.

Regular meditation can increase dopamine in the brain.

5- Increasing androsterone and insulin growth factor by doing meditation and meditation

These two hormones play an important role in stress and age. When we are stressed, these hormones decrease. These hormones not only reduce inflammation and keep the body healthy, but also prevent cell aging.

When you meditate, hormones are released in the body that reverse the effects of stress and prevent premature death!

6- And finally the balance of sex hormones by doing meditation and meditation

Have you ever had a loss of sexual desire when you are stressed?

Because the body feels in danger (like a tiger). Therefore, it changes from the state of reproduction (processing) to the state of survival.

This condition causes an increase in cortisol and changes in the production of sex hormones. But meditation can balance sex hormones, and meditation lowers cortisol levels and restores the body to its normal state.