Showing posts with label meditation and gene expression. Show all posts
Showing posts with label meditation and gene expression. Show all posts

Wednesday, December 11, 2013

Meditation Changes How Genes Are Expressed

First study to show rapid beneficial changes from meditation at the molecular level.
The health benefits of meditation are becoming well-established, but we still know little about how these effects are achieved.

A new study, though, sheds light onto the molecular changes that take place in the body as a result of meditation.



For their new study, Kaliman et al. (2014) recruited 19 experienced meditators, who each carried out an intensive 8-hour session of mindfulness meditation. Read more