The effects of meditation on general health and wellbeing are well documented in many articles. Meditation, mindfulness, yoga, are also extremely useful tools when dealing with fertility issues.
Dr. Venkat contributed to a blog for our partners, Fertility Help Hub.
“Stress has a damaging effect on our body,” says Dr Venkat at Harley Street Fertility Clinic. “It has an negative effect on egg and sperm quality, and on pregnancy rates.”
Meditation is one of the tools widely used to release hormones that help during the fertility journey, pregnancy and birth.
One of these hormones is cortisol, the hormone “guilty” for creating stress. By meditating, the level of cortisol can be reduced.
Dr Venkat adds “Meditation also decreases the damage to your cells by releasing another hormone, DHEA, known to prolong the life of cells, including eggs.”
It means that, over the longer term, meditation and general well-being have a knock-on effect on the quality of eggs and sperm, and thereby the chances of conception.
Read the whole article here.
