Meditation is now well documented for its benefits in different health conditions. It is a great way to care for your mental-emotional wellbeing and promote loving relationships, but also has direct effects on your physiology as a woman. Down regulating the flight and fight hormones regular meditation has been found to assist in via the HPO/HPA axis to manage difficulties with period pain, PMS, down-regulate inflammation, regulate immune function and promote gut health.
One important aspect of meditation is the space we are providing to notice ourselves. Distracting thoughts, a buzzing mind, or uncomfortable sensations in the chest are helpful to our health when they are simply noticed. Often we are not aware of these experiences of ourselves until we stop and be still, it can be uncomfortable but sitting just to notice that discomfort is in itself theraputic.
This Yoga Nidra (body scan) is a great way to work with an easily distracted mind. There are also many meditation groups out there to join, working in a group brings a phenomenon of a more powerful, easier to drop into experience. For best results do it daily, for some results, do it!
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