Study finds Zen meditation alleviates pain

Thursday, February 5, 2009 - 07:57 in Psychology & Sociology

Zen meditation - a centuries-old practice that can provide mental, physical and emotional balance - may reduce pain according to Universite de Montreal researchers. A new study in the January edition of Psychosomatic Medicine reports that Zen meditators have lower pain sensitivity both in and out of a meditative state compared to non-meditators...

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