Meditating reduces pain

• April 26, 2024

The meditation It is a technique that provides various health benefits, including reducing the stress and the anxiety that many people experience in their day to day, revealed a study of The Wake Forest University of Medicine , U.S.

According to the information published on the portal Health.com , 15 men and 15 women were analyzed twice and separately. The first time they were exposed to fire their pain threshold was very high, but on the second time, before they received a slight burn, they had 20 minutes of meditation and they recorded that their pain was reduced by up to 40%, compared to those who did not meditate and experienced pain at 100%:

"The reduction of the pain threshold was significantly greater than those observed in similar studies with placebo , the hypnosis , and the morphine and others, even analgesics, "he said. Fadel Zeidan , author of the study.

The researcher from the Wake Forest University of Medicine, clarifies that it is not necessary to be an expert in meditation or a Buddhist to obtain these benefits. In fact, Zeidan said, to meditate is a great ally to decrease the levels of stress , anxiety , as well as various mental health problems that reduce the quality of life of people.

In this sense, Zeidan and his team of experts say that if people consciously practice meditation , would have spectacular results in his health, so that most of his physical and / or emotional ailments, would be significantly reduced: "The most visible results are long-term, but undoubtedly, people show a difference in a few days of putting it in practice".

This type of meditation it is known by the name of Shamatha and / or "Focused attention", where what is important lies in "being aware" of what we do. Analyze the present, let things flow and learn to observe and understand what our body and mind wants to say to us, to improve our quality of life.

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