More research is needed but the results of a small study done out of Wake Forest is showing that subjects were less sensitive to a standard amount of pain after experiencing meditation and deep relaxation. The participants all had to take a four 20 minute instructional classes on meditation techniques.
For the study, 15 healthy volunteers who had never meditated attended four, 20-minute classes to learn a meditation technique known as focused attention. …
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