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INDIAN SPIRITUAL To help you gauge the same, we have sorted out some of the best benefits that spirituality has on mental health. 1 Helps relieve stress We lead a pretty stressful life, be it for work or even for the other activities in our lives. But, that doesn’t necessarily mean that you can’t tame that. For the most part, spirituality has been found to have positive benefits in helping relieve stress. Yoga and meditation which are part of the spiritual process have direct positive benefits in helping relieve the stress. Controlling the stress and the levels of the cortisol in the body have direct positive impacts on one’s overall mental well being. 110 2 Reduce negative thoughts If you are someone whose mind is always littered with negative thoughts, being spiritual can most definitely help with managing such issues. This has been found to help bring in tranquility and peace into one’s mind which is one of the reasons why or rather, how it helps in bringing down the prospects of the constant negative thoughts that your mind has been going through. Make sure that you do focus on aligning your thoughts and pulling things for the best in mind because that is what makes all the difference. 3 Instill happiness Spirituality is all about finding the inner peace and happiness that WWW.WISHESH.NET | JANUARY 2020 you see to have lost through the process. It is quite important that you follow through the paths guided to you to devour the best that life has in store for you. It is also important that you seek the part of spirituality to help calm down your racing thoughts, stress and the constant string of negativity in your mind and life to further help in bringing changes to your mind and life as well. Eradicating the same helps in bringing back the lost happiness that you didn’t know of. 4 Reduce anxiety Anxiety is one of the worst forms of impacts that one can experience on their mental health. While there is not much to reason why this condition is so predominant, opting for spiritual healing can actually help in improving the ways in which one handles their anxiety. The process isn’t as challenging as many