Meditate Your Pain Away

Zen meditation can help people regain mental, physical and emotional balance, and reduce pain, says the study by Montreal University researchers.

It says those who practise Zen meditation exhibit lower pain sensitivity (during and after meditation) compared to non-meditators.

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``While previous studies have shown that teaching chronic pain patients to meditate is beneficial, very few studies have looked at pain processing in healthy, highly trained meditators,'' a university statement quoted study co-author Joshua Grant as saying.

``This study was a first step in determining how or why meditation might influence pain perception,'' added Grant who co-authored the study with university professor Pierre Rainville. (More)

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