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posted by cmn32480 on Saturday November 05 2016, @10:31AM   Printer-friendly
from the relaxation-in-smaller-doses dept.

As mindfulness meditation and yoga have become mainstream and more extensively studied, growing evidence suggests multiple psychological and physical benefits of these mindfulness exercises, as well as for similar practices like tai chi and qi gong.

Systematic reviews and meta-analyses analyzing hundreds of research studies suggest that mindfulness-based interventions help decrease anxiety, depression, stress, and pain, and help improve general health, mental health, and quality of life. These practices also appear to reduce inflammation and increase immune response.

Trade in your luggage for yoga pants.


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  • (Score: 2) by wonkey_monkey on Saturday November 05 2016, @11:48AM

    by wonkey_monkey (279) on Saturday November 05 2016, @11:48AM (#422803) Homepage

    Regular Meditation More Beneficial Than Vacation

    I thought that said medication, in which case yeah, there are some "medications" which will probably relax you a lot more than a vacation.

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  • (Score: 2) by mtrycz on Saturday November 05 2016, @12:07PM

    by mtrycz (60) on Saturday November 05 2016, @12:07PM (#422807)

    Why not both, tho? :)

    Anyway, does anybody have any legit resources about this "mindfullnes meditation" thing?

    Been hearing about it, and wanted to do my own trial run.

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    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday November 05 2016, @02:43PM

      by Anonymous Coward on Saturday November 05 2016, @02:43PM (#422845)

      Take mushrooms and meditate while on a vacation in peaceful setting with music you enjoy, and I guarantee you will come out of it in better shape than before. The costs are negligable; the hard part is securing all of that. But once you do, you probably will have benefits that six months just physiologically; mentally it may last much longer due to the profound nature of it all.

    • (Score: 4, Informative) by captain normal on Saturday November 05 2016, @04:54PM

      by captain normal (2205) on Saturday November 05 2016, @04:54PM (#422879)
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      • (Score: 2) by mtrycz on Sunday November 06 2016, @11:51AM

        by mtrycz (60) on Sunday November 06 2016, @11:51AM (#423081)

        Thanks.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday November 06 2016, @12:39AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Sunday November 06 2016, @12:39AM (#422960)

    The word "Medication" already exists. It means a holiday at the Mediterranean Sea. I suggest "meditacation" for this thing where one stays in the same place but enters a different state of mind...although weren't staycations supposed to be that?