{"id":17052,"date":"2021-12-07T13:00:46","date_gmt":"2021-12-07T13:00:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.healthymale.com\/squad\/?p=17052"},"modified":"2021-12-07T13:00:46","modified_gmt":"2021-12-07T13:00:46","slug":"how-meditation-can-lower-your-blood-pressure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.healthymale.com\/blog\/meditation\/how-meditation-can-lower-your-blood-pressure\/","title":{"rendered":"How Meditation Can Lower Your Blood Pressure"},"content":{"rendered":"

Meditation is known to help with many things from quieting a restless mind, to help with ADHD, to alleviating depression and helping with making decisions. <\/span><\/p>\n

Now, doctors have developed a unique meditation that can lower your blood pressure.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

It’s isn’t that unusual of a link when you think about it. Meditation resolves a lot of stress, which can be a
\ntrigger for high blood pressure. <\/span><\/p>\n

Lowering the stress level drops the blood pressure.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The Facts<\/strong><\/h3>\n

The technique was developed by Dr. Herbert Benson, who is the director emeritus of the Benson-Henry Institute for Mind Body Medicine. <\/span><\/p>\n

The school isn’t an outside-the-box facility as it is affiliated with Harvard University.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The technique is created to draw on a relaxation response. <\/span><\/p>\n

This response is the complete opposite of the fight-or-flight response induced by stress. <\/span><\/p>\n

Benson’s meditation technique includes quieting brain activity and is similar to both mindfulness and
\ntranscendental meditations.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The technique helps lower blood pressure but can also help with other ailments that are either caused or are more pronounced with stress.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

Some elderly participants in a study found that using the technique resulted in them reducing or eliminating their blood pressure medications.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Other Results<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Additional research shows that lower blood pressure during the relaxation technique leads to less active
\ninflammation and blood vessel contraction and also results in blood vessels expanding.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

One key element in this process is nitric oxide, an element that induces relaxation, blood vessel expansion, and keeping blood pressure in check. <\/span><\/p>\n

Another small study showed that those who did the relaxation response for eight weeks had higher
\nnitric oxide levels.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Here\u2019s How<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Here is how to practice this meditation technique:<\/span><\/p>\n

    \n
  • Find a quiet place to sit and close your eyes.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n
  • Relax muscles and silently say something repeatedly. It can be a word, a mantra, a sound, or a prayer. The choice is yours.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n
  • As stray thoughts arise, let them go and keep repeating your word, sound, phrase, or prayer.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    Conclusion<\/strong><\/h3>\n

    Benson recommends doing this twice a day for between 10 and 20 minutes to have good results.<\/span><\/p>\n

    It may take up to two months to see your blood pressure consistently lower.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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