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Inside each of us resides the most graceful and advanced biological marvel on the entire planet: the brain.

Yet in our society, there is little to no guidance on how to effectively operate it.

But it turns out there’s a powerful tool that can unlock the hidden potential of our brains after all, and it’s been around for thousands of years: meditation.

For millennia, meditation’s true power has remained untestable scientifically, a solely subjective internal experience, individually validated by each practitioner within their own mind. In Buddhist and Hindu tantric traditions, meditation was a way to attain Nirvana or inner peace.

However, in recent decades, advancements in technology have provided us with the tools to objectively measure the effects of meditation on the brain. Though a comprehensive understanding is still a work in progress, the initial discoveries are undeniably captivating.

Some of the most notable effects of meditation include a more youthful brain age, calming of brain activity, higher pain threshold, and the presence of groovier brain waves.

So is it beyond belief that the seemingly simple act of focusing our mind and practicing steady breathing for a brief period each day could genuinely have a profound impact on our overall well-being? Is it within our control to bring about changes in our own brain?

Let’s dive deeper…

As we age, the brain tends to lose mass, physically shrinking within the skull. That means the brain of a 60-year-old would typically be smaller than that of a 25-year-old.

However, a study comparing the brains of meditators and non-meditators discovered an intriguing result.

Sara Lazar, a neuroscientist from Harvard Medical School, employs MRI technology to examine intricate brain structures and observe brain activity while individuals engage in specific tasks, including yoga and meditation.

In her first study, Lazar examined individuals with extensive meditation experience, focusing on internal experiences without using mantras or chanting. The data revealed that meditation may have the potential to slow down or even prevent age-related thinning of the frontal cortex, which is linked to memory formation. Commonly, as people age, they tend to experience memory decline. However, Lazar and her team made an interesting discovery: meditators between 40 and 50 years old exhibited the same amount of gray matter in their cortex as individuals aged 20 to 30 years old.