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title: "How can meditation help with anxiety & stress? - Spiritual Sanctuary"
description: "Stress and anxiety are related. Many times they are a result of a perceived threat or negative thought. As a result, you undergo a stress response. You releases all types of stress hormones, such as adrenaline and cortisol. And these have profound effects on your body. Your blood pressure rises, your immune system gets suppressed, along with a whole series of reactions. Meditation affects the body in exactly the opposite ways that stress does. It restores the body to a calm state, helps the body to repair itself, and prevents new damage due to the physical effects of stress.  When practicing meditation, your heart rate and breathing slow down, your blood pressure normalizes, you use oxygen more efficiently, and you sweat less. Your adrenal glands produce less cortisol and your immune function improves. Your mind also clears and your creativity increases. When you meditate, you learn to ground yourself and literally get out of your mind. This releases you from the borage of negative thoughts that cause a stress response.  Overtime, there is a shift into a more quiet, focused and tranquil mind."
url: "https://www.seekwithinyou.com/blog/meditation-for-anxiety-and-stress/how-can-meditation-help-with-anxiety-stress"
date: "2026-05-26T12:30:49+00:00"
language: "en-GB"
---

#  How can meditation help with anxiety & stress?

![Meditation for Anxiety & Stress](https://www.seekwithinyou.com/images/meditation-for-anxiety-stress.jpg "Meditation for Anxiety & Stress")Stress and anxiety are related. Many times they are a result of a perceived threat or negative thought. As a result, you undergo a stress response. You releases all types of stress hormones, such as adrenaline and cortisol. These stress hormones have profound effects on your body. Your blood pressure rises, your immune system gets suppressed, along with a whole series of reactions.

Meditation affects the body in exactly the opposite ways that stress does. It restores the body to a calm state, helps the body to repair itself, and prevents new damage due to the physical effects of stress. When practicing meditation, your heart rate and breathing slow down, your blood pressure normalizes, you use oxygen more efficiently, and you sweat less. Your adrenal glands produce less cortisol and your immune function improves.

Meditation clears your mind and your creativity increases. When you practice meditation on a regular basis, you learn to ground yourself and literally get out of your mind. This releases you from the borage of negative thoughts that cause a stress response. Overtime, there is a shift into a more quiet, focused and tranquil mind.

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