Benefits of Meditation
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Meditation provides numerous cognitive, intellectual, and emotional benefits. It improves school and work performance by reducing stress and improving decision-making. Regular meditation can increase intelligence and lead to higher brain integration, supporting creativity and problem-solving. Additional benefits include access to higher states of consciousness, positive emotions and well-being, and improved personal and professional relationships. Studies have demonstrated meditation's benefits for students, work efficiency, and marital satisfaction.
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- 2. Benefits of MeditationBenefits of Meditation
- 4. Scientific studies shown that meditating improves the practitioner’s cognitive and intellectual abilities. This effect of ‘becoming smarter’ has been demonstrated by different types of intelligence tests. Increased intelligence
- 5. Benefits for students Regular meditation raises school performance (higher academic achievement, less absenteeism, better graduation rates), and that goes for all school levels from kindergarten to college.
- 6. Work efficiency Research has shown reduction in the stress levels and better decision making. This, in turn, leads to higher efficiency at work place in both small and big organizations.
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