The Impact of Yoga and Meditation on Mental and Physical Well-being

Background: Meditation that has been a practice for millennia in the present era has gained immense popularity as a stress-coping tool and overall health management and improvement method. Research significantly supports meditation efficacy, revealing beneficial brain and biological changes, leading to improved mental and physical well-being.1 Methods: Based on an extensive review of scholarly literature about Stress, anxiety, depression mental and physical wellbeing, the present paper has been composed to through light on the impact of meditation on Physical and mental wellbeing. Result: This paper aims to offer a comprehensive overview of the current research on the relationship between meditation and health. Conclusion: The discussion in this article revolves around the impact of meditation on various aspects of the human physiology, specifically heart rate, blood pressure, metabolic rate, cortical activity, and skin resistance. The effects of meditation on human mental health, including relaxation, systematic desensitization, retrieval of repressed memories, perception, memory, stress, depression, anxiety, sleep disturbances, and relaxation, are also examined. The text addresses the major conceptual issues that require serious attention from researchers in this area for future research.