Meditating is one of the best wellness practices you can offer your body and mind, according to a study from Massachusetts General Hospital, it can help you improve your resilience and brain health.

According to the researchers, 15% of adults over the age of 60 suffer from a mental disorder such as depression or dementia. These data may be a bit alarming, but don’t worry! You’re just at the perfect age to create new habits and practices that can have a positive impact on your body and mental health.

Among the changes you can implement in your life is meditation. This activity takes no more than 15 minutes a day and can be the first step to start working on your brain health. If you implement it in your daily routine, you will see that very soon your mind will begin to heal, you will be able to find yourself, and the panorama to achieve your goals will open.

Brain health, resilience and meditation go hand in hand

Yes. Both concepts go hand in hand, and you must begin to consider meditation as a tool to work through the difficult situations of your life or in other words, create resilience.

According to the American Psychiatric Association, resilience is “the process of adapting to difficult or challenging life experiences, especially through mental, emotional, and behavioral flexibility.” It may sound very trite, but growing is maturing, and many times, maturing is leaving behind those things that do not make you feel good.

Breaking patterns, leaving behind relationships, and people, quitting a job, and having uncomfortable conversations, are things that can surely take away your sleep, but through meditation, you can “make peace” with situations and move forward with those decisions that will bring you a benefit. 

Dr. Lazar of Mass General has been working with advanced imaging technology intending to scientifically validate the effects of yoga and meditation on the brain. She believes that throughout our lives, “we mature in many different ways” and that each level of maturation “requires better regulation of emotions and greater resilience.”

So far, his studies have shown that meditation can help you improve your resilience.

Why is it important to build resilience in your life?

Resilience will help you avoid falling into mental disorders (such as depression and anxiety) in difficult times.

In addition, it is important in your life because it serves as a tool to adapt to change, properly manage stress, overcome trauma, have successful personal relationships, be a better leader, and contribute positively to your community.