See the physical and emotional benefits of positive emotions Faster recovery from cardiovascular stress Positive emotions have also been shown to benefit individuals with cardiovascular disease. Lower blood pressure and risk for cardiovascular disease Better sleep, fewer colds, headaches, aches and pain, and a greater sense of overall happiness Expands our perception of what lies in our peripheral vision Research suggests that even more abstract positive emotions like hope and curiosity offer protective benefits from diseases like high blood pressure and diabetes. Studies show that positive emotions help a person to overcome negative emotions faster and be more resilient and be able to cope with a difficult situation. People are more playful when happy, so that leads better physical fitness, regular exercise or increased flexibility. (so its important to engage in an activity that makes you happy) People who experience warmer, more upbeat emotions may have better physical health because they make more social connections When you delve in that happy space, more possibilities and new ideas emerge and our creativity flows. Happiness and joy transform us, although you might not stay in that state all the time. There will days when you feel down and out, but if we observe our emotions and divert our mind and think of the happy moments, you will find the negative emotion fading away. Don’t forget negative, repressed emotions can have detrimental effect on our body, mind and spirit. It takes control over you and makes you feel down, gloomy, unhealthy and its a unpleasant state to be in. Nothing like a good humour to drive the negativity away, always works for me. So increase your daily diet of positivity or engage in activities that bring about happy feelings either meditation, exercise, yoga, laughter clubs, walk, painting, and so on. Love your life and yourself. Positive feelings also help us live in the present moment and believe in oneness and interconnectedness with everything around us. To sum it up, Marcus Aurelius said “Remember this, that very little is needed to make a happy life.” - See more at: thinkinghumanity/2014/07/the-effect-of-positive-emotions-on-our-health.html#sthash.Ir79nNzN.dpuf
Posted on: Tue, 22 Jul 2014 10:07:19 +0000
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