The benefits to practiciing mindfulness seem endless, enabling people to not only live their lives 'in the moment' but also sleep better, feel better, maintain a healthier weight and generally keep a whole raft of mental health issues at bay. Now a new study has shown that it can help reduce symptoms of menopause too.

 

The January 2019 Mayo Clinic study, which was published in Climacteric: The Journal of the International Menopause Society, involved surveying 1744 women aged 40 to 65 who were cared for at the Women's Health Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota. The study was carried out over a two-year period from January 2015 to December 2016 and found that women who were considered more mindful had fewer menopause symptoms. 

 

The link between mindfulness reducing menopause symptoms was especially strong with women who had high levels of perceived stress.

 

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