The human brain is astounding. It does things that we don’t even know about yet. The mind can take you places and tell you things that you won’t understand. The energy of the human brain is magical. So by learning to meditate mindfully on each moment, they each become magical in a way.
Since then, Benson and his colleagues at Massachusetts General Hospital and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center have discovered that relaxation techniques (including meditation and yoga) turn certain sets of genes on and off in people who practice …
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If we can study the genes that are affected by meditation and mindfulness techniques we can learn to help others who have illnesses related to the brain. Thousand of years of study have already been done but still they need to further the knowledge and dig deeper to understand the ancient wisdom.