Wednesday, December 22, 2010

Want to Be mentally tough? Try Meditation

When we talk about mental fitness games, brain teasers, puzzles and brain are often the first things that come to mind. But we know that meditation is also a great way to build your mental strength?

A study of the Marines SU has been conducted has shown that regular meditation promotes mental health and the results can be seen in just two months.

The study of the University of Pennsylvania conducted involved 48 soldiers who haveIn Iraq. The group was divided into two groups. The first group of 31 men have been trained mental two hours a week and was required to record the time devoted to meditation exercises outside of class. The men remained in the second group received no training. Date After eight weeks, all men were evaluated with the RAM voltage operation and the allocation of its moods with the program of positive and negative affects.

MindfulnessThe training of the soldiers involved traditional exercises such as breathing and meditation training, which has been adapted to their needs. This includes equipping them with skills that stress during pre-deployment training and skills to manage help increase resistance to stress face.

Stress is known to impair memory and cause mental and emotional disorders. Previous research has suggested that meditation may have a protective functionEffect against cognitive and emotional disorders. The results of this study have confirmed the benefits of exercise could get out of this ancient method.

At the end of the training period, the men of the first group, which employs mindfulness exercises regularly after school, not only better in memory tests, but also experienced less negative mood.

On the other hand, men who received no training, as well as those who meditate, but spent much time on theirtheir decreased memory and an increase in negative emotional experiences such as fear anger and disgust.

"Our results suggest that, as will daily exercise on physical fitness, engage in mindfulness exercises regularly can improve your fitness mind," says cognitive neuroscientist Amish Jha, the principal investigator of this project.

"Working memory is an important feature of the fitness mind. Not only is insured against the diversion andemotional reactivity, but also provides a mental work fast and thoughtful decisions and action plans to ensure. Building awareness in the spirit fitness training can help those who need high performance in the face of extremely stressful circumstances, the first responders, humanitarian workers and trauma surgeons to maintain professional and Olympic athletes. "

Scientists have proposed in this study that the benefits of training because of his awareness may impact on working conditionsMemory. By increasing the capacity of working memory, meditation reduces the destructive effects of stress caused.

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