It's common for the mind to wander during yoga and meditation, no matter how long you've been practicing. If you're meditating to calm your mind and your thoughts drift, gently guide your attention back to your central point. Regular meditation increases longevity, reduces the risk of dementia, can decrease inflammation, and plays a significant role in treating high blood pressure and immune disorders. Yoga and meditation develop mental discipline to cope with emotional challenges and prevent stress from triggering episodes. While meditation offers numerous benefits, it is complementary practice, not substitute for professional medical treatment, and should be integrated with other therapies for comprehensive care, as suggested by many organizations worldwide, because yoga and meditation lower blood pressure, improve sleep, and support the immune system. Both yoga and meditation activate the parasympathetic nervous system, which helps calm the body's stress response. Thus lowers levels of stress hormones like cortisol and increases beneficial brain chemicals that act as natural anxiolytics and antidepressants. They improve overall quality of life, sleep, and physical health, helping the body and mind recovery from the effects of addiction. When we practice yoga and meditation, we actually stimulate the dopamine reward center in the brain without doing anything else. Beta, delta, and alpha waves are controlled; it is noteworthy that theta and gamma waves are less affected ! Therefore, yoga and meditation combine physical exercise and relaxation, which is beneficial in addiction treatment and recovery. Choose what works best for your needs. Under no circumstances should you use drugs !.

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Ven Dr. Sumedh Thero (Dr Banwari Lal Suman,) Ph D (Agro) Ex Prof. Principal Scientist (Agronomy) ICAR-Indian Grassland and Fodder Research Institute, Jhansi, India Trainer Teacher Vipasana Meditation & Monks ordination 2009 to Continue. Organized National Seminars, Author of 33 Books in Hindi & English, over 350 research, popular articles. Founder Ancient Buddhism ISSN 2395-471X Supervised ; 2 Ph. D. 7 M. Sc. These in Crop Production and Soils management, Visited; Myanmar in Dec 2004, USA 2006, Nepal 2019, Sri Lanka 2012, 2017, 2018, 2019, Thailand 2017, 2024.