Study: Meditation's Effects Similar to Pills for Depression

This recent article on Healthline is inspiring as now there is proven research to tell us what we already know…mindfulness works.  Wouldn’t we all rather care for ourselves through kind action rather than by ingesting pills which may have other unwanted side effects.
Meditation has been used for centuries, but its benefits have been primarily anecdotal, whether it’s a Tibetan monk blocking out pain to walk across hot coals or a college student meditating to cope with the loss of a loved one.
Now, researchers at Johns Hopkins University have applied scientific analysis to the practice and found that mindfulness meditation programs, which promote heightened awareness, can help with common mental health problems.
The study, published in the journal JAMA Internal Medicine, found measurable evidence of improvement in anxiety, depression, pain, and stress after eight weeks of treatment.
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