Proven by Research

In September, 2004, a Newsweek magazine article titled Buddha Lessons
by Claudia Kalb, on Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction, stated:

"Kabat-Zinn and neuroscientist Richard Davidson, of the University of Wisconsin, found that after eight weeks of MBSR, a group of biotech employees showed a greater increase in activity in the left prefrontal
cortex - the region of the brain associated with a happier state of mind -
than colleagues who received no meditation training. When the techies
were given a flu vaccine, those with the greatest left-brain activation
mounted the most vigorous anti-body assault against the virus."

And in the same issue, in the article Brain Check by Herbert Benson, M.D.,
Julie Corliss and Geoffrey Cowley, Newsweek reported:

“…research at Harvard suggests that the ‘relaxation response’ - the deep sense of calm we can achieve through yoga, prayer or simple deep-breathing exercises - can help counter the effects of chronic stress. We now believe that the body produces more nitric oxide when deeply relaxed, and that this molecule acts as an antidote to cortisol and other potentially toxic stress hormones.”

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