How Do I Meditate

Canadian researchers say Zen meditation may reduce sensitivity to moderate pain when practiced by a skilled practitioner. Previous studies have found that teaching chronic pain patients to meditate may relieve their pain, but it was not understood how meditation worked. But in a new study, scientists working with skilled meditation practitioners found that these patients seemed to breath much more slowly than non-meditators, which may provide some of the first hard proof that the cardio-respirat... Read more »