11/07/2025
Meditation works. I stopped for a while and the difference is significant. Time to get back to it again.
“Conclusions
This observational study is the first to investigate the joint effects of three mind-body interventions–meditation, reconceptualization, and open-label placebo healing rituals–on neural activity and plasma physiology. Our findings show these techniques may act synergistically to produce mystical-type experiences, enhance neuroplasticity, reprogram metabolic pathways, and modulate endogenous opioids, highlighting the potential of mind-body interventions to effect profound changes in neural activity and physiology.”
Editorial Summary: fMRI, multi-omics, and cellular assays reveal that an intensive mind-body retreat intervention modulates brain network connectivity and plasma signaling pathways linked to neuroplasticity, metabolism, and neurotransmission in healthy adults.