Meditation makes you an excellent student. Today, most students are faced with the alarming rise of classroom stress arising from various causative factors such as demanding academic achievement standards, social anxiety & depression and school violence. Schools and students can take advantage of the immense benefit of meditation to help the students get better grades and be better students. Here is how meditation can benefit students in high school and colleges:
Improved Concentration
Frequent meditation exercises can help students concentrate better and have more mental focus. Young adolescents and college-going students may easily get bored and may have difficulty concentrating on certain classroom tasks and homework. But with increased relaxation and regular ease of mental pressure that comes with mediation, students can develop greater alertness and resistance to the physical effects of stress during exams.
Decreased Absenteeism and Tardiness
Meditation not only helps with mental issues but also helps improve behavioral tendencies of students. Meditation exercises have an effect of relaxing the brain and motivating one to go after their goals. Students who frequently practice even 15 minutes of meditation before or after their school days are more goals’ oriented and mindful of success and achievement. Such students tend to have notably lower levels of absenteeism, lower levels of behavior incidents at school and lower levels of suspension.
Improved Academic Achievement
Meditating students feel they are do better with their homework and school work as well. This is because the psychological benefits they derive from meditation such as inner calm and self-motivation drive the students to achieve their academic goals. Besides, the act of meditation itself also helps students develop a sharper brain. Meditating students often exhibit improved brain functioning, increased brain processing and improved scores in both Math and English.
Reduction in Destructive Addiction
Meditation is the best medicine for anyone under mental depression and tension. Both students and adults practicing meditation often have reduced substance abuse problems and minimal antisocial behavior. Meditating students report higher scores on social skills such as affectivity, self-esteem and emotional competence. Such students are more likely to steer clear off drugs including illegal substances, alcohol, cigarettes and prescription medications.
Happier, Healthier, Confident Students
Regular meditation helps to reduce anxiety, depression and blood pressure among high school and college students. Meditation helps the students remain calm even during stressful times. Such learned calmness and confidence can be applied in other aspects of the student’s life such as in sports, job interviews, tests and the other challenging situations life inevitably brings forth. Students practicing meditation learn sooner that remaining calm is the key to success, health and happy living.
Despite such immense benefits of meditation, students may tend to ignore meditation on the notion that meditation is a strenuous act. On the contrary meditation is a very simple exercise to the mind and body. With brief meditation sessions, as short as 10-15 minutes, twice a day can amount to real tangible benefits. Meditation is certainly worth the time, given the enormous benefits one gets. Meditation is good for all the ages but more so for students because this stage determines their future life.
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