More good reasons to
meditate:
New research suggests that yoga and meditation may change
the way our genes behave in response to stress. It also helps
your body build stem cells! Maybe meditation helps
build our
souls.
Researcher Herbert Benson says, "Now we've found how
changing the activity of the mind can alter the way basic
genetic instructions are implemented."
Researcher Towia Libermann says, "This is the first
comprehensive study of how the mind can affect gene
expression, linking what has been looked on as a 'soft'
science with the 'hard' science of genomics."
Medical researcher Doris Taylor, who brought the heart of a
dead animal back to life and might one day revolutionize
human organ transplantation, talks about famous French
philosopher Matthieu Ricard, who worked with the
Dalai
Lama, on the NPR show "Speaking of Faith" She says, "He
and a number of his colleagues meditate, and as they
meditate they measure differences in their brainwaves. What
we found was a huge increase in the number of positive stem
cells in blood. Largest increase I've ever seen after 15
minutes of meditation."
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