It’s no use working your butt off every day to get the perfect body if you don't devote the same attention to your mind too. Here’s everything you need to know about how meditation can take your fitness game to the next level.
Our appearances are important to a lot of us for a variety of reasons, and we put a lot of effort into them. It takes a lot of hard work and discipline to get the results we're striving for, so why not give it our all? There’s no point only working on one part of ourselves. By regularly meditating, you’re paying attention to your body and mind, and taking your fitness journey to a whole other level.
NW Method harnesses that energy you used to use comparing yourself to expand the mind, body and soul. When performing a NW Method workout, clarity is a known side effect because NW is a moving meditation. Within each toning section, the movements are staggered in a way to open up and connect your muscles with your chakras. NW Method conditions the body to enter a flow state, where your body, mind and soul open up completely.
Meditating is the perfect accompaniment to your sweaty workouts. The mindfulness skills you’ll refine will aid you in supporting your mental health, minimises stress and may even help you see an improvement in your physical performance by promoting muscle growth.
Here are five benefits of adding meditation to your fitness routine!
1. It benefits your mental health.
A combination of meditation and exercise, when performed twice a week consistently for a period of two months, has been said to reduce symptoms of depression by up to 40 percent. Exercise is also said to have very similar effects on your mental health, so why not double up your dose of happy and give your serotonin receptors a double whammy!
2. It improves physical performance.
Meditation brings about a sense of peace and serenity, allowing you to reduce your stress levels and feel great about your workouts, whether or not you achieve your goals. Your mind and body are both inherently connected and both influence each other greatly. A strong mind is a strong body and a strong body is a strong mind.
3. It reduces stress.
Over an extended period of time, the presence of stress in your body can lead to inflammation, fat storage and extreme fogginess of your mind. The ability of meditation to decrease cortisol levels in your body is the magic potion you need. NW Method is a moving meditation and it’s design incorporates meditation by connecting your chakras to your muscles.
4. It’s a reminder to take things slow.
All too often, after our workouts, we immediately move on to the next thing without taking a few minutes to sit and take in our feelings, surroundings and emotions. By practicing mindfulness and meditation after you have completed your workout, you are able to inculcate a feeling of living in the moment in all that you do. It reminds us to be truly present in all that we do, enjoying every breath we take and instant we are alive. It reminds us to be grateful for everything we have.
5. It helps you appreciate physical accomplishments more.
By spending time to take in your surroundings, possessions and accomplishments, meditation allows us to make note of our physical accomplishments, no matter how big or small. By noticing things we usually would not, meditation encourages us to show love to all that we have earned in other facets of our fitness journey.
There are so many benefits meditation has to offer if we take the time to take advantage of them all. It’s only by sincerely implementing into our routines that we’ll be able to reap all the amazing benefits we’ve already been over. From start to finish, NW puts you into a state of meditation by connecting your chakras to our muscles and we need all that meditation we can get.