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Benefits of Mindfulness (Based on Scientific Research)

Physical

•    Increases our resistance to infection by strengthening the immune       system and increasing killer T cells

•    Decreases heart rate and lowers blood pressure

•    Increases grey matter in regions of the brain that regulate emotions

•    Reduces the production of cortisol and other stress hormones

•    Pain reduction in those who have chronic pain

Mental, Emotional, Relational

•    Stress reduction

•    Increases positive mood states and overall sense of well-being

•    Emotional and sensory integration

•    Increase ability to consciously control emotions, attention, cognition, and behavior

•    Increases creativity, flow and integration

•    Increases the capacity to access intuition; a deep sense of knowing that isn’t logical but has truth and authenticity

•    Integrates differentiated parts of the brain and mind (somatic, social, emotional, memory, planning), giving an experience of flow, fluidity, balance, and cohesion in thinking, feeling and behavior

•    Improves memory

•    Increases our capacity for compassion and empathy with ourselves and with others

•    Increases our ability to reduce fear

•    Cultivates a deep sense of social good

Attention

•    Increases alerting ability or our readiness to pay attention as well as our open awareness

•    Improves orienting attention:: ability holding your attention on what you intend to pay attention to.

•    Strengthens conflict-based attention: our ability to inhibit intruding information 

Benefits of Mindfulness

© 2025 by Alisa Dennis, Ph.D, SEP / Lotus Gem Therapy / PSY 19671

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