Your brain processes more ideas and feelings when you are meditating than when it is just resting, a fascinating research has found.
Published : 18 May 2014, 07:10 PM
Also, letting your mind wander is more effective than concentrating on emptying your head of thoughts, scientists said.
“Meditation is more than just a way to lower stress,” said researchers from St Olavs Hospital in Trondheim, Norway.
There are countless techniques such as Zen, Buddhist and transcendental meditation.
These techniques can be divided into two main groups - ‘concentrative’ meditation where the person focuses on breathing and ‘nondirective’ which allows the mind to wander as it pleases.