Meditation to reduce stress. People encounter stress everyday, similar at work or at school, others at home. While they're usually able to cope with stress, sometimes the burden simply becomes too much that people break down because of it. The science of stress in the general adaptation syndrome model designed by Hans Seeley, he identifies three stages that people undergo when stressed. During the first stage the body goes on a state of alarm, it D realization of a threat. In this stage, cortisol is released by the body.

The second stage is where the body becomes unable to cope with the strain until its resources are depleted. And finally, the body breaks down which includes the exhaustion of the immune system. Because of this, the body's enable To find the sickness, which then expose the person to illnesses. So how meditation helps reduce stress? meditation is one method, which can help reduce the stress level of a person. By calming the mind in giving the person a sense of control over things, the things that are considered threats.

The things which cause stress become easier to manage. But the reduction of stress isn't the end of the exercise. Since stress can make people prone to illnesses, reducing stress can help in keeping the person healthy. The practice of meditation therefore can result in improved health and resistance to illnesses. So the next time you feel stressed out, try to calm yourself down by practicing meditation. While your problems won't exactly go away, you at least become mentally prepared to praise them.

And in a future lecture, we will be talking about meditation techniques. Thank you for watching and see you in the next one. Bye bye