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Meditation Life Skills Podcast

With the Meditation Life Skills Podcast, you can learn powerful meditation techniques to help you meditate correctly. Explore beautiful guided meditations for stress and anxiety relief and so much more!

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  • May 29, 2018 · 2 min

    Meditation for Seniors – Improves Mood and Emotional Control

    Meditation for seniors using mindfulness techniques may help elders find peace within themselves and improve their memory with daily practice. Since meditation is a mental exercise that trains the mind to remain focused and aware of “drifting” into unwanted thought patterns, meditating regularly can actually improve a senior’s cognitive abilities involving concentration, memory, and attention. Research indicates that mindfulness for the elderly is an encouraging intervention that is well worth introducing. It is suitable for high functioning clients. Here's how you can help someone you love using meditation. Have you ever heard someone talking about having a "senior moment"? This usually refers to someone being forgetful or acting in some other way that is linked to impaired mental functioning. The term came to be no doubt because human beings equate a weaker mind with old age. Science backs up this belief. As we age, especially as human beings progress past the age of 50, research shows us that our mental functioning begins to decline. However, this is far from an unavoidable situation. Seniors that meditate and practice mindfulness can experience dramatic and positive improvements in their mental abilities. • Meditation stimulates the "smile and is a happy" area of the brain. Your prefrontal cortex is the "feel good" region of your brain. As you age, you naturally activate this region less frequently, which is why seniors often experience depression and higher levels of stress and anxiety than they did when they were younger. A Mindfulness Meditation practice leads to less stress and depression, as well as a greater sense of happiness. • Meditation improves mood and emotional control. A study out of Thailand supplemented walking therapy with meditation for seniors. Those who meditated showed more positive moods regularly than those who did not. A reduction in depression and improvement in functional fitness was also noted. • Regular meditation improves memory. Meditation stimulates the hippocampus, as well as the frontal brain lobe. This means better short and long-term memory recall for seniors. The ability to store and access newly made memories is also enhanced. • Meditation for seniors improves senior relationships. Because of the stress-relieving, mood-improving nature of mindfulness and other meditation practices, seniors enjoy better relationships with their caregivers, family members, and others in the senior community. A study out of UCLA shows that an 8-week meditation program ... significantly decreased rates of self-reported loneliness." Depression from a perceived state of loneliness is a significant concern for seniors, especially those over 70 and 80 years of age. Meditation for seniors and the elderly includes a decreased sense of loneliness, greater longevity, better health, less mental fog, a reduction in health care costs, and a slowing of the progression of Alzheimer's disease. Meditation sessions can last just 10 and 20 minutes, and several such sessions a week lead to a multitude of mental and physical advantages seniors would be wise to take advantage of. For more information on meditation for seniors and how you can help those you love please visit "A Place For Mom". "Be the person your soul wishes you to be." - Don Weyant Offering step-by-step instructions for beginners. Try binaural beats, solfeggio frequencies, guided meditations, and healing meditation music. Our top-rated podcast, with 34 million downloads and 100,000 Spotify followers, explores the profound benefits of meditation. Visit Our Main Website: https://www.MeditationLifeSkillsPodcast.com Podcast Disclaimers: This podcast is not medical advice or a substitute for professional diagnosis or treatment. This podcast needs expert advice and independent verification to reach conclusions. Content-related losses are not our responsibility. AI language models were used to create podcast content for information and enjoyment alone.

  • May 23, 2018 · 3 min

    Mindfulness Meditation For Kids – How Young Is Too Young?

    Mindfulness meditation for kids at each developmental stage can be useful for decreasing anxiety and promoting happiness in school and at home. Mindfulness meditation for kids and mindfulness, in general, is a simple meditation technique that emphasizes paying attention to the present moment in an accepting, nonjudgmental manner — has emerged as a popular mainstream practice in recent decades. Free Weekly Newsletter To Learn Meditation So You Can Meditate More Effectively HERE... It is being taught to executives at corporations, athletes in the locker room, and increasingly, to children both at home and in school. Meditation has been linked to multiple physical and mental health advantages. Lower stress, better longevity, lower health care costs, better emotional control, and improved physical performance have all been scientifically proven as benefits of meditation and mindfulness. With such significant rewards, you may be thinking about getting your child involved with a regular meditation practice. FREE Guide to Mindfulness & Meditation for Children HERE... Part of the reason why mindfulness meditation for kids is so effective can be explained by the way the brain develops. While our brains are constantly developing throughout our lives, connections in the prefrontal circuits are created at their fastest rate during childhood. Mindfulness, which promotes skills that are controlled in the prefrontal cortex, like focus and cognitive control, can, therefore, have a particular impact on the development of skills including self-regulation, judgment, and patience during childhood. Meditation has been proven beneficial for adults, senior citizens, and the elderly. It can improve the lives of men and women, so it is logical for parents, grandparents, and others who care about children to wonder, "How young is too young to introduce a child to meditation?" If you are asking this question about mindfulness meditation for kids, you are far from alone. Browse the Internet and you see more than a few questions like the following: "Is my 9-year-old daughter too young to learn meditation?" "My son just turned 6. Is that too young for meditation?" "I have heard about meditation for toddlers. How does that work?" Meditation might not be the first thought that enters your mind when you think of energetic, active preschoolers and toddlers. Many think that because these young children do not have fully formed brains, not only are they incapable of meditating properly, but the practice is a waste of time. Science tells us differently in many studies around the world and in all cultures. Multiple studies show "immediate behavioral changes in children" once they begin meditating. The National Therapies Research Unit at the Royal Hospital for Women in Australia performed a study on 26 children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) between 2003 and 2012. The children were between the ages of 4 and 12. Regular practice of Sahaja Yoga Meditation took place for 6 weeks. Here are just a few results of that meditation practice. • A reduction in medication use by 50% of the child test subjects • Better parent-child relationships • Enhanced feelings of self-esteem and self-worth • A reduction in hyperactivity, and a simultaneous improvement in attention • Less impulsive activity.Unbelievably Easy Ways To Improve Your Life... Suffer from Insomnia?? Scientifically-proven free brainwave MP3 sends you to sleep - in just minutes. Enjoy the best night's sleep ever, with Sleep Salon! This powerful brainwave en "Be the person your soul wishes you to be." - Don Weyant Offering step-by-step instructions for beginners. Try binaural beats, solfeggio frequencies, guided meditations, and healing meditation music. Our top-rated podcast, with 34 million downloads and 100,000 Spotify followers, explores the profound benefits of meditation. Visit Our Main Website: https://www.MeditationLifeSkillsPodcast.com Podcast Disclaimers: This podcast is not medical advice or a substitute for professional diagnosis or treatment. This podcast needs expert advice and independent verification to reach conclusions. Content-related losses are not our responsibility. AI language models were used to create podcast content for information and enjoyment alone.

  • May 16, 2018 · 2 min

    Mindful Driving Meditation For A Safer & Happier Road Trip

    A driving meditation? Say what? After reading that title you may be thinking, "Meditating while driving? That's crazy!" You are probably envisioning someone trying to drive a vehicle with their eyes closed, seated in the lotus position, and chanting mantras, while trying to form appropriate mudras with their hands. Free Weekly Newsletter To Learn Meditation So You Can Meditate More Effectively HERE... That is the typical experience most people think of when they hear the word "meditation". Driving meditation, also called mindful driving, is a totally different animal. Many types of meditation simply ask you to be mindful of your present experience. This means to open your mind and all of your senses to everything that is going on around you. Doesn't this sound like the perfect recipe for safe driving? How many hours a day or a week do you spend behind the wheel of your car? Instead of considering this as a wasted, stressful time, why not use it as a chance to practice mindfulness? Notice that this "driving meditation" practice is called "mindful driving", and not road rage, judgmental driving, or revenge driving. Being totally aware of everything that is going on around you while you drive is going to mean that you definitely see poor driving habits by other drivers. When you practice mindfulness, whether driving or seated comfortably in your living room, you become aware of your current experience. However, you do not judge the experience. You simply encounter it, allow yourself to experience it, only concerning yourself with truly being in the moment. Find out more information on Mindfulness Meditation and how to meditate more effectively HERE... If more people would practice mindful driving, instances of traffic accidents and road rage would drop dramatically. It can definitely help lower your stress level if you are heading to a job you hate and can help you de-stress after a challenging day at work. This means less stress and anxiety when you arrive home, which promotes a happier home environment. There are a lot of reasons to practice mindfulness while you drive in the form of a driving meditation. Not only do you become a safer and more aware driver, but your daily commute can actually become a stress-reliever, rather than promoting stress and anxiety. The next time you drive, practice a driving meditation and be present in everything that is going on around you. Develop an awareness of your situation, without reacting judgmentally. You will find more peace and less stress in your life, and may actually enjoy driving.Unbelievably Easy Ways To Improve Your Life... Suffer from Insomnia?? Scientifically-proven free brainwave MP3 sends you to sleep - in just minutes. Enjoy the best night's sleep ever, with Sleep Salon! This powerful brainwave entrainment audio program uses special sounds to lull you into a deep sleep. All you have to do is listen! I used to suffer from INSOMNIA. It would take me hours to fall asleep. Then I started listening to THIS BRAINWAVE MP3. Download your FREE copy of the Sleep Salon here! ______________________________________________________________________ Rocket Your Productivity - Download This FREE MP3 and Instantly Activate Your Ultra-Focus! Nitrofocus is a powerful MP3 program that is 100% proven by science. It contains brainwave audio that helps you focus, and get mo "Be the person your soul wishes you to be." - Don Weyant Offering step-by-step instructions for beginners. Try binaural beats, solfeggio frequencies, guided meditations, and healing meditation music. Our top-rated podcast, with 34 million downloads and 100,000 Spotify followers, explores the profound benefits of meditation. Visit Our Main Website: https://www.MeditationLifeSkillsPodcast.com Podcast Disclaimers: This podcast is not medical advice or a substitute for professional diagnosis or treatment. This podcast needs expert advice and independent verification to reach conclusions. Content-related losses are not our responsibility. AI language models were used to create podcast content for information and enjoyment alone.