<p>Repeated, consistent practice of meditation <b>enhances our ability to cope</b> and sit with <b>negative emotions</b> like anger without reacting.</p>

The Benefits Of Meditation

<p>Studies suggest that, regardless of the practitioner’s experience, meditation can <b>help reduce the body's response to anger, </b>reducing the toll frequent anger takes on you.</p><p>Anger and frustration cause us to be stressed, activate our sympathetic nervous system, and produce shallower, faster breathing, a rapid heart rate, and raises blood pressure.</p>

The Physical Benefits Of Meditation

<ul><li>Sit comfortably.</li><li>Close your eyes or stare at the ground a few feet away from you.</li><li>Rest your hands on your thighs.</li><li>Focus your attention on the area a few fingers below your navel.</li><li>Take a smooth, slow breath in and count each inhale and exhale, from one to ten and then back down to one. </li><li>Let thoughts come and go. Do not hold onto any particular thought.</li><li>If thoughts interrupt your counting, come back to your breath, and restart your counting again at 1.</li></ul>

Simple 20 Minutes Meditation

In people with dozens of hours of <b>meditation experience</b>, <b>thinking </b>about an <b>angry </b>experience showed <b>no physical reaction.</b> Their heart rate, blood pressure, and breathing rate remained relaxed, both before and after meditation.

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Becoming Virtually Invulnerable To Anger

A new study in the journal Consciousness and Cognition suggests that one session of meditation can help reduce your body's response to anger. Occasional anger can be normal, and even healthy, but constant and frequent anger takes a toll on your body and mind.

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