We’ve posted a lot about how meditation and mindfulness can be great ways to de-stress and detoxify our minds. And you might be wondering ‘why’? Well… we love our construction community, and we know how prevalent depression and anxiety is in our industry, so we’re trying to help load you up with the tools to be mentally and physically well. And with just 10 minutes of meditation daily, you could change your life…
Research suggests that not only can it improve our mental well-being, but it can also have a positive impact on our physical well-being as well. It’s also a fantastic way to increase your and your team’s work productivity. We’ve compiled some interesting research that might just help motivate you to start your meditation journey today:
- It’s estimated that 200–500 million people meditate worldwide
- Meditation improves anxiety levels 60% of the time
- Meditation can reduce the risk of being hospitalised for coronary disease by 87%
- Meditation can reduce the wake time of people with insomnia by 50%, according to mindfulness meditation stats
- Meditation can increase employees’ productivity by 120%
- School suspensions were reduced by 45% thanks to meditation
You can also view some additional resources from our friends at Headspace here.
That’s the WHY, and now here’s the HOW. Check out our great list of FREE YouTube videos and channels to help get you started:
Why not get started now? Your mind, body and team on site will thank you for it (although a personal thank you from the ‘boys’ is not guaranteed 😂)
