Mind & Body Benefits
Meditation can help reduce what 2 important things
Stress and anxiety
This can assist in the meditation process
What is making yourself comfortable wherever you are!
Meditation can help improve the quality of what?
Sleep
Practicing meditation before bedtime can help improve _____ quality.
Sleep
Meditation can be effective in as little as how many minutes
5
Meditation can help people feel more _____ and less worried.
Calm
What age group can benefit from meditation?
All age groups!
What stress hormone does meditation help reduce, which is produced when you're feeling anxious?
What is cortisol
True or False: Practicing meditation regularly can improve focus and concentration.
True
Meditation can be used to help people cope with a feeling of _____
Stress
This daily practice helps reduce stress and increase self-awareness
What is meditation
This type of meditation involves focusing on your current sensations and feelings without judgment
Meditation can help lower your _____, which is important for heart health.
Blood pressure
It can also decrease heart rate!
What positive feeling can meditation help increase?
Happiness
Some schools encourage students to practice meditation to help with this common issue related to distractions.
Attention span
Meditation can help students improve their _____, which helps with schoolwork.
Focus/ concentration
When meditating, focusing on this slow and steady action can help calm the mind.
Breathing
Studies have shown that meditation can increase the size of this part of the brain that helps with memory.
Hippocampus
Meditation can help you better understand your thoughts and feelings, which is called this.
Self-awareness
Even this many minutes of meditation a day can have benefits.
What is 5 minutes
Meditation do you completely clear your mind of all thoughts for meditation
You dont have to!
With this method of meditation, you form mental images of places or things that help you relax.
What is guided meditation
What nighttime problem can meditation help with, making it easier to fall asleep?
What is insomnia
Practicing gratitude is a form of meditation that helps people feel more of this positive emotion.
Appreciation
Meditation can help improve _____, making it easier to handle difficult emotions.
Patience