I spend my days devising ways to introduce meditation to
the workplace. It’s like playing
matchmaker to your quiet, mousey friend from college and your sometimes loud
and obnoxious class clown of a cousin.
The union makes no logical sense, but you just know they’re perfect for
each other.
To that end, I’m constantly debunking preconceived
notions that meditation is weird, new age-y, aligned with hippies or certain religions,
opposed to certain religions, fluff, nonsense or a general waste of time. I suppose meditation can be all of these, but to me, it’s a well-researched, tried and
true way to reduce stress and improve health.
So today, I bring you a down-and-dirty list of non-mystical,
data-derived benefits.
My Top 10 List of Non-Woo Woo
Meditation Benefits
1.
Meditation
slows the heart rate
2. Lowers blood pressure
3. Raises levels of beneficial hormones
4. Reduces levels of harmful hormones
5. Boosts the immune system
6. Restructures the brain
7. Improves insomnia and other sleep disorders
8. Favorably impacts psychological and emotional conditions
9. Opens you to intuition and inspiration
10. Makes you a nicer person
2. Lowers blood pressure
3. Raises levels of beneficial hormones
4. Reduces levels of harmful hormones
5. Boosts the immune system
6. Restructures the brain
7. Improves insomnia and other sleep disorders
8. Favorably impacts psychological and emotional conditions
9. Opens you to intuition and inspiration
10. Makes you a nicer person
Meditation is a practical, natural way to reduce stress and improve
health – a no-brainer, win-win for the workplace.