Mindfulness Meditation Heals The Body And Mind
Mindfulness meditation does more than relax people; it can also lower chronic pain. In 2018, the National Institutes of Health discovered that meditation could ease pain more effectively than standard medication. Mindfulness concentrates on your breathing and being in the present.
Why does meditation work? Scientists from the Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center discovered that meditation opens a new neural pathway to alleviate pain. In other words, the body doesn’t rely on opioids; it releases other hormones to tackle pain. The bad news: it can be hard to meditate while in severe pain.
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