Spirituality is something that can help all the way from promoting wellness to helping with recovery.
- What you believe in can have a big impact on health and longevity. People with high levels of religious beliefs or spirituality have lower cortisol responses. Cortisol is a hormone the body releases in response to stress.
- Positive thinking produces nearly a 30 percent drop in perception of pain.
- Spirituality and the practice of religion are associated with a slower progression of Alzheimer’s disease.
- Those who regularly attend organized religious activities may live longer than those who don’t. Regular participation lowers mortality rate by about 12 percent a year.
- People who undergo cardiac rehabilitation feel more confident and perceive greater improvements in their physical abilities if they have a strong faith.
- Increased levels of spirituality and religious faith may help substance abusers kick their habit.
- Spirituality stimulates the relaxation response. When the body is relaxed, your heart rate, blood pressure and breathing rate all go down, which decreases the body’s stress response.
- Spirituality can affect immune–system function. Spirituality, faith, church attendance improves immune function in ways that can be measured, like an increase in white blood cells.
- Prayer heals the heart. Positive talking and thinking in the ICU produces better results.
(Taken from medical studies)
Chant Hare Krishna and be happy & HEALTHY!!!
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