Benefits of mindfulness and scientific evidence:
Studies of the effects of mindfulness practice have gradually increased exponentially, thanks to the positive results that were highlighted and that have allowed the expansion of this discipline.
We can name:
- It helps to bring our mind into here and now, to live as much as possible the present moment, freeing the mind from the continuous tendency to wander in the past or in the future, often in counterproductive ways.
- It determines greater efficiency and clarity in the performance of the work.
- Develops the ability to respond effectively (weighted choice) to problem situations instead of reacting (automatic mode).
- Development of skills such as intuition, creativity, emotional awareness.
- Strong reduction and better stress management capacity.
- A clearer, more active mind for making decisions and dealing with problems.
- Development of individual potential.
- It promotes openness to change and flexibility.
- Improvement of relational dynamics.
- Objective and subjective improvement of the psychophysical state, and in particular increase of the abilities of attention, memory and concentration.
- Enhance personal energy factors and rebalance and harmonise the body mind relationship.
- Learn to dedicate to our minds the same cares we normally dedicate to our bodies.
- It improves interpersonal communication and relationships: it helps us to see more clearly defense mechanisms and erroneous and conditioning beliefs, allowing us to let go of automatic and inappropriate behaviors, supporting a more open connection with others.
- Develop more awareness and thus greater self-confidence and confidence in your potential.
- Extinction of conditioning and unlocking of mental automatisms (automatic pilots).
- It helps to resolve conflicts and harmonises personality.
- It prevents mental mounding that arouses concern, anxiety, loss of concentration and inefficiency.
- Supports health: reduces pain and inflammation, strengthens the immune system and resistance to viruses, increases disease-fighting cells — including in cancer care — lowers blood pressure, regulates sleep and helps balance hormones…
- Increased attention and focus capacity
- Increase in life length: Regular practice has effects on genes, allowing for greater growth of telomeres (the terminal region of a highly repeated DNA chromosome that protects the end of the chromosome itself from deterioration or fusion with adjacent chromosomes) both in terms of strength and length, related to a longer life expectancy.
- Emerging of the true self: practice allows the innate and fundamental positive qualities of our being to show and expand (empathy, compassion, joy, creativity, intuition).