One of the questions that gets raised regularly is are there any meditation benefits that you can expect to get from meditating on a regular basis. It's a fair question to ask if you're going to be dedicating part of your life (even if it's only 15 or 20 minutes a day) to meditation. Here are some of the benefits you can expect:

1. Lower oxygen consumption

This sounds quite an odd benefit. And you may be asking why this would be of benefit - after all, you've coped perfectly well to date with the amount of oxygen you're consuming. But a lower oxygen consumption has various benefits for your health.

2. Lower blood pressure

Blood pressure is one of the things that doctors always like to monitor. It's a good measure of how healthy we are. Regular meditation has been shown to help reduce blood pressure to the extent that some people have either cut down or completely given up their blood pressure medication. Which has to be beneficial both to your heart and to your wallet.

3. More relaxed

In general, people who meditate on a regular basis are more relaxed than those who don't use this chance for natural relaxation. Your state of relaxation isn't only for the relatively small number of minutes where you're actually meditating. It extends for much longer periods than that, even up to the complete day in some circumstances.

4. Boosts your immune system

Some research has shown that regular meditation is beneficial to your body's immune system. In turn, this can help to fight some of the nastier diseases that we too often encounter in our modern society.

5. Reduces tension and headaches

This is likely another side effect of the relaxation process of meditation. The relaxation will help to reduce tension in your body. In turn, this will reduce the stresses that often manifest themselves as headaches and other pains.

6. Slows the aging process

Think about it - your heart is beating slower, your blood pressure is lower, you're more relaxed. You couldn't get a doctor to prescribe much more than this if they were aiming to naturally slow down the aging process. It's a great "side effect" of meditation!

7. Helps reduce alcohol and other addictions

Usually we resort to alcohol and tobacco to help us relax, even though we know that alcohol is actually a depressant and tobacco is probably the most addictive legal drug available today. Regular meditation will help you to reduce your dependencies, whether you're just in the starting stages or further advanced.