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How Meditation Can Help The Older People? The desire to help an elderly during their later stages in life can make any of us feel overwhelmed. Luckily, doctors believe meditation to be the best tool for mental, physical, as well as emotional wellbeing of an older person and should be a major part of senior citizen health care. Following are five reasons that meditation, the “fountain of youth�, is perfect for the elderly:
1. It helps in enhancing the memory: The dominant long term memory as well as short term memory storage hubs, the Hippocampus and frontal brain lobe, both turns out to be well-stimulated at the time of meditation. What does this mean for an elderly? Enhanced long & short term memory recall, including retrieving long lost memories. 2. It makes the digestive system work better: The deep breathing exercises essential in any meditation program improves blood flow and blood oxygen enrichment, sending additional support to all of the organs, comprising stomach and intestines. After including meditation into the everyday lives, senior citizens with gastrointestinal complications can feel instant relief. Along with the digestive systems improved efficiency, meditation boosts the immune system, heals the lungs, as well as makes blood circulation better. 3. It stimulates the happy part of the brain: Through stimulating the feel-good prefrontal cortex brain area, older people who suffer from depression can benefit significantly from this practice. With
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