{"id":7469,"date":"2011-07-04T04:00:57","date_gmt":"2011-07-04T11:00:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordpress-367309-1145696.cloudwaysapps.com\/?p=7469"},"modified":"2011-07-04T04:00:57","modified_gmt":"2011-07-04T11:00:57","slug":"feelgood-fitness-meditiation-for-a-healthy-heart","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/feelgoodstyle.com\/articles\/feelgood-fitness-meditiation-for-a-healthy-heart\/","title":{"rendered":"Feelgood Fitness: Meditiation for a Healthy Heart"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Meditation is great for your body, mind, and spirit, but it turns out it also benefits heart health!<\/h3>\n

We know that beauty is more than skin deep, and every once in a while a study comes out that shows just how powerful taking care of our bodies and minds can be. A recent NIH-funded study<\/a> showed that transcendental meditation helps reduce the risk of heart attack in at-risk patients.<\/p>\n

Meditation<\/a> didn’t just help these patients a bit, but it actually cut the risk of heart attack and stroke by almost 50 percent!<\/p>\n

What is Transcendental Mediation?<\/h3>\n

Transcendental meditation focuses on finding the “space between your thoughts” to get in touch with your inner energy and creativity at the most basic level. Here’s Deepak Chopra talking a bit more about this meditation technique<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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Patients also saw a drop in blood pressure and reported reduced stress. If meditation can achieve all of this for at-risk patients, imagine the good that it can do for the rest of us!<\/p>\n

Meditation Tips from Feelgood Style:<\/h3>\n