meditation for stress management Archives - Satori Radio Podcast | Blog https://www.satorihealth.ca/blog/tag/meditation-for-stress-management/ Live In Health. Live From The Soul. Wed, 08 Dec 2021 00:37:10 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://www.satorihealth.ca/blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/cropped-justSgold-32x32.png meditation for stress management Archives - Satori Radio Podcast | Blog https://www.satorihealth.ca/blog/tag/meditation-for-stress-management/ 32 32 How Meditation Helps for Stress-Management https://www.satorihealth.ca/blog/meditation-for-stress-management/ https://www.satorihealth.ca/blog/meditation-for-stress-management/#comments Mon, 16 Aug 2021 18:20:22 +0000 https://www.satorihealth.ca/blog/?p=8908 Are you thinking about building a meditation practice to manage your stress levels? That’s an amazing thought. The benefits of meditation for stress-management are numerous. This article speaks to the #1 reason for its benefits: a reduction in the stress hormone cortisol. For quite a long time, researchers have proven that stress is a significant factor in disease and ageing (Liguori, 2018; Finkel, 2000; Vitale, 2013). Yet, there are many unanswered questions on what mechanisms are sufficient in reversing the deleterious impacts of stress. A landmark study published in Hormones and Behaviour journal found that mantra-style meditation is an effective technique for stress-management (also known as the transcendental meditation technique). This is because meditation is proven to reduce cortisol by 30% (Jevning, 1978). Plasma cortisol is a steroid hormone made by the adrenal gland whose responsibility is to aid a person’s body to respond to stress. Cortisol also regulates the body’s blood sugar levels, and helps fight infections. The benefits of mantra-style meditation for stress-management is that meditation reduces this steroid hormone. By simply learning to use a mantra to shut-out distracting thoughts and go within, the body can relax. With a short period of meditation, the person enters a […]

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