Meditation builds up the brain

............Alison Motluk NewScientist.com news service 11:01 15 November 2005

"Meditating does more than just feel good and calm you down, it makes you perform better – and alters the structure of your brain, researchers have found.

"People who meditate say the practice restores their energy, and some claim they need less sleep as a result. Many studies have reported that the brain works differently during meditation – brainwave patterns change and neuronal firing patterns synchronise. But whether meditation actually brings any of the restorative benefits of sleep has remained largely unexplored."

Read the whole article on the New Scientist website.

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