A short YouTube video (part of a series) in which Dr. Joshua John-Ram Schacter describes Benefit #4 of mindfulness/meditation: improved sleep. He explains that meditation calms the mind and relaxes the body, making it easier to fall and stay asleep, which increases deep and REM sleep—states important for healing and physical recovery.
Number four, Better sleep. Meditation can improve the quality of sleep by helping calm the mind and relax the body, making it easier to fall asleep and stay asleep throughout the night. Now, good sleep is essential for healing and recovery, and it's during sleep that the body can actually repair itself. So the more deep sleep and REM sleep that you get, the better you're going to do.
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