As the world deals with coronavirus pandemic, we are asked to stay at our homes and practice social distancing. Often when people are asked to isolate themselves and stay in their homes like in this pandemic, it can create a great deal of anxiety, stress, and depression. These things can have an adverse effect on your health and can decrease your immunity levels. So one way to release stress and boost immunity is meditation and we tell you the benefits of doing meditation to fight coronavirus:
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Boosts immunity
Many studies show that meditation can protect you from infectious disease and it also helps to strengthen the immune system by impacting genes. Using relaxation techniques has positive effects on our body and also has the capacity to reduce stress levels.
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Improves emotional health
When people are self-isolating themselves they worry about a lot of things and meditation can help improve their mental health and mood. 25 minutes of mindfulness meditation significantly improves overall mood.
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Relieves anxiety
Meditation manages the increased level of anxiety that can strike up in the middle of the coronavirus pandemic. Meditation involves staying in the moment and accepting your current feelings and emotions.
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Better sleep
Due to this lockdown, we all are having bad sleeping patterns or find it difficult to fall asleep. Meditation can be useful to connect with the body and help you get to sleep.It also improves sleep quality and quality of life as well.
