It turns out peaceful thoughts really can influence our bodies, right down to the instructions we receive from our DNA, according to a new study.
took blood samples from a group of 19 people who habitually meditated or prayed for years, and 19 others who never meditated.
the meditating group suppressed more than twice the number of stress-related genes -- about 1,000 of them -- than the nonmeditating group.
Over long periods of time, these stress responses can worsen high blood pressure, pain syndromes and other conditions.
The nonmeditating group then spent 10 minutes a day for eight weeks training in relaxation techniques that involved repeating a prayer, thought, sound, phrase or movement.
What this does is to break the train of everyday thought -- you no longer have stressful thoughts and because of that the body is able to return to a healthy state
By the end of the training,
novice meditating group was also suppressing stress-related genes
at lower levels
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