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mindfulness meditation is a mental
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practice focused on being fully present
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and aware in the moment it involves
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paying attention to thoughts Sensations
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and emotions without judgment often
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using breathing exercises in a recent
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experiment researchers surprisingly
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found that mindfulness meditation
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activates unique brain Pathways reducing
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pain perception the study was published
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in the journal biological Psychiatry to
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test the real effects of meditation on
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pain perception the scientists recruited
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115 healthy individuals the placebo
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group was given a cream which the
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participants were told it relieves pain
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the other group underwent a guided
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mindful meditation supervised by
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meditation experts the researchers then
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applied a very hot Probe on participants
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legs to induce a pain response both
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groups were then asked to rate their
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subjective pain perception they then
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used the FM technology to observe the
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changes in the participants brains to
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their shock they noticed that mindful
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meditation group showed significantly
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greater reductions in brain activity
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associated with pain perception compared
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with the placebo group in other words
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brain scan technology has indeed
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confirmed that mindful meditation does
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alleviate pain thanks for watching if
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