Seniors Should Be Meditating
Jul 19th, 2009 | By admin | Category: Aging and Longevity, Featured, MeditationMeditation has been proven to help all age groups, but it may just provide some additional perks for seniors.According to a recent feature in Advance, a physical therapist publication, seniors can realize a wide variety of physical, mental, cognitive and other benefits from just a few minutes of meditation each day. These include:
* Improved mental and physical health: decreased levels of stress and tension, decline in hospitalization as well as need for out-patient medical care, decreased rates of disease, decreased overall health care costs, reduced use of alcohol and other drugs, improved cardiovascular health, reduced complaints of physical ailments, enhanced energy, strength and overall feelings of well-being, improved vegetative functioning, improved quality of sleep, decreased pain levels, looking and feeling younger and increased longevity.
* Improved cognitive functioning: improved intelligence, better creativity, enhanced learning ability, improved memory, improved reaction time, higher levels of moral reasoning, improved academic achievement, greater orderliness of brain functioning and improvements in self-actualization.
* Improved social behavior: improved self-confidence, decreased anxiety, improved family life, improved relationships at home and at work, better social tolerance, improved job performance and increased job satisfaction.
As health care costs spiral out of control, meditation is one tool that can help almost immediately in this regard. It also may help to reduce a senior’s need for a variety of medications, or at least minimize their dosage.
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