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How can meditation rejuvenate the brain?

Searches for the notorious elixir of youth, whichwould not only extend the life expectancy, but would also preserve a clear thinking and attractive appearance, can be found in the mountains of Tibet. However, it is not a bottle of magic liquid, which we all expected to see. The fact is that meditations that are usual for Tibetan monks, which noticeably rejuvenate the brain of the servants of Prince Gautama, can be a unique means of prolonging youth. A striking example is the 41-year-old monk Yongei Mingyur Rinpoche, whose brain really resembles the brain of a 33-year-old man.

Meditative practices can noticeably rejuvenate the brain.

Are meditations helpful?

Meditations and other spiritual practices are commonbusiness among the monks living in the mountains of Tibet. It is a coincidence or not, but it is the inhabitants of the snowy mountain peaks that are most often famous for their longevity and incredible endurance, which helps them survive in the extremely harsh climate of this place remote from the rest of civilization.

Meditation Is a collection of mental exercises forachieving a special state of consciousness in which a person concentrates on his sensations. Meditation practices are believed to help increase awareness, improve memory, and improve health.

A vivid confirmation of this was the 41-year-olda man who has lived all his life in the Tibetan Highlands. The brain of a Tibetan monk, who began to practice meditation at the age of 9 years, looks almost 10 years younger than his calendar age, claims the portal livescience.com. Yongei Mingyur Rinpoche, who participated in a study of the effects of meditation on the brain, was able to significantly slow down the biological aging of his gray matter through meditation practices. So, during an MRI of the brain of a Tibetan monk, it turned out that the rate of aging was slower than that of a control population that had never before practiced meditation. Slowly explaining the phenomenon they observed with something paranormal, the authors of the study decided that completely natural and familiar reasons were to blame for everything.

The brain of the often meditating Yonghei Mingyur Rinpoche is 10 years younger than the biological age of its immediate owner

Analysis of the structure of gray matter is good.the authors of the study consider the way to determine the age of the brain. The fact is that aging directly affects the amount of gray matter in the brain and, when a person reaches adulthood, degenerative processes begin to noticeably accelerate. An MRI analysis of the brain of Yongei Mingyur Rinpoche showed that for some reason the monk’s brain was able to slow down his aging, which may be directly related to the fact that Yongei spent more than 60,000 hours of his life in formal meditation.

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Although currently for scientists stillit remains a mystery how many meditations are necessary in order to cause the necessary changes in gray matter; the structure of the brain of a Buddhist monk could also be affected by his lifestyle. It is known that as a teenager, Yonghei became a master of Buddhist meditation practice, while at the same time practicing healthy eating and constantly living in one of the most unpolluted industrial areas of the planet. Perhaps not only meditation, but also a combination of many other reasons influenced the preservation of the youth of the monk?

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Scientists doing research leanto this option. However, although men’s MRI scores really show unprecedented results, experts are not sure that the presence of a young brain guarantees Yongei Mingyur Rinpoche a longer life expectancy compared to his contemporaries.

In addition to rejuvenating the brain, meditation reduces physical pain and improves mood. Read more about this in our special material.

Be that as it may, the studysuggests that individual meditation practices can be useful to reduce the level of psychological stress, which, as we all know, is the main cause of not only the majority of existing diseases, but also the cellular processes that cause aging.

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