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Importance of Meditation

Written by: Paridhi Pant - 30054, Grade V

Posted on: 20 March, 2023

 

Today's human life is stressful. They have to work hard to make a living. Students too are stressed because of their studies and examination pressure. Meditation can make our lives calm, peaceful, balanced, enjoyable, and distressing. It can benefit our emotional well-being and overall mental health. Meditation can help us to concentrate on a particular task we are doing as it increases our concentration power. When we meditate, our mind clears and deletes all the overload and stressful things. If we get distracted easily from anything, then meditation can help us a lot. Some research suggests that meditation may help people manage symptoms such as anxiety, depression, asthma, sleep disorders, high blood pressure, etc. For example, if we are stressed because of our work, we have to give ourselves time for meditation, which may take 20 to 30 minutes.

 

Doing meditation every day reduces our stress and gives us a refreshed mind to work with again. Meditation is related to mindfulness. Most of the time, we suffer from thoughts. These thoughts disturb us and affect our motivation to do creative things. These thoughts may be positive or negative. Meditation can help us watch these thoughts internally. If we watch these thoughts coming to our mind, we will know about them and ignore them. Finally, these thoughts go away and never come back. We learned the technique of meditation from our Rishis, Munies, and Saints. Meditation is also taught in schools to help students reduce stress.Overall, we know the value of meditation and how to manage our work and lives. This is a kind of mental exercise that is necessary for our creativity, wellness, and productivity.