Sunday, December 9, 2018

Meditation: A Look at the Benefits


A graduate of Marquette University, Angelyn McSwain has acquired extensive marketing and management expertise from roles at firms that include Revlon, L'Oreal Paris, and US Weekly. Since 2016, Angelyn McSwain has used this experience as a senior brand strategist at Flipboard, a news and content aggregation platform.

Outside of her professional work, Ms. McSwain enjoys staying fit and regularly practices meditation. Meditation can be thought of as an approach to training the mind in order to foster greater awareness. Often, meditation is practiced to encourage mindfulness, or being present, throughout daily life. There are a wide range of meditation techniques, each with its own merit. Some include loving-kindness meditation, breath awareness meditation, tai chi, qigong, and walking meditation.

Regular meditation offers a host of benefits to practitioners. In addition to an involuntary relaxation response, meditation can lower blood pressure and improve blood circulation. The practice also lowers heart rate, decreases perspiration, and slows the respiratory rate. Moreover, it can decrease anxiety and stress, and promote feelings of well being. Meditation may also lead to long-term benefits in brain function and immune system response.

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