Meditation is a practice where an individual trains the mind or induces a mode of consciousness, either to realize some benefit or for the mind to simply acknowledge its content without becoming identified with that content, or as an end in itself.
Meditation can be defined as a practice where an individual focuses their mind on a particular object, thought or activity to achieve a mentally clear and emotionally calm state
Deep inside, everyone is an Einstein: students practicing meditation benefit from increases in brain function across the board.
Not only do their grades improve, but students who practice meditation report lower levels of stress. They also have better concentration, more alertness, and greater resistance to the physical effects of stress during exams
Meditating students show considerably improved academic performance — in one study, 41% of students allocated to the meditation group benefitted from improvement in both Math and English scores.
Thanks to their minds calming down, students doing meditation report a whooping 50% reductions in stress, anxiety, and ADHD symptoms. This in turn triggers a positive chain reaction where an improved ability to focus better on tasks at hand results in increased brain processing and improved language-based skills.
Not only does meditating make the brain sharper, it also helps to make it a more harmonious unit: university students who took up meditation were found to have changes in the fibers in the brain area related to regulating emotions and behavior.
Doing meditation leads to significant reductions in depressive symptoms (an average of 48% lower than the non-meditating control group). And that’s apparently true for everyone, including even those who have indications of clinically significant depression
Last but definitely not least — research finds that students who meditate daily get higher scores on affectivity, self-esteem, and emotional competence. Here’s your formula for happiness!
