Apparently, even a few days of meditation can have a marked effect on the mind and on how we deal with pain. Research conducted at the University of North Carolina, Charlotte, published in The Journal of Pain in November 2009 found that a single hour of meditation spread out over a three day period can produce an analgesic effect on pain.Simply stated, the profound improvements that we found after just four days of meditation training are really surprising, psychologist Fadel Zeidan said in releasing the study. It goes to show that the mind is, in fact, easily changeable and highly influenced, especially by meditation.
These findings support earlier research studies that found differences in pain awareness and other mental activities among long-time practitioners of mindfulness meditation techniques.
