Healthful Benefits of Meditation

Here we are--another Monday. Instead of groaning and dreading a new week, let's look at it as a new start. A clean slate. Seven days filled with opportunity. Mindset is probably at least 3/4 of the battle when it comes to a healthy lifestyle. Starting out the week feeling burdened doesn't help in making healthful choices. So how do we get beyond the Monday blahs and embrace the week with hope? The key is to transform your thinking. I suggest meditation. While most of you reading this may realize the positive spiritual aspects of taking time to meditate, you may not realize that it also has an affect on your health. Here's a few of the benefits:

Healthful Benefits of Meditation:

*Reduces oxygen use
*Drops respiratory rate
*Slows heart rate
*Increases blood flow
*Provides a greater sense of relaxation
*Helps bring high blood pressure down
*Lowers levels of blood lactate and feelings of anxiety
*Reduces PMS
*Builds up your immune system
*Raises serotonin production
*Reduces muscle tension

Before you think, "I don't have time to meditate," reconsider. You don't have time not to if you want to change not only your thinking but your health too.