Herbert Benson, a professor at Harvard Medical School, documents a significant “relaxation response” after studying the effects of meditation on the body. The research of R Kieth Wallace at UCLA demonstrates that the state of rest and relaxation when meditating is actually deeper than deep sleep. Most importantly, meditation has been shown to have a positive effect on fighting cancer. For example, Dr. Ainslie Meares, an Australia psychologist performed a study on 73 patients who were fighting cancer, and found that there was a positive effect on slowing tumor growth, and that in many people it reduced stress, tension and depression.1
The ability for meditation to help patients reduce stress and find peace around their condition makes this a wonderful Melanoma treatment for Melanoma.
In the past 50 years, the health benefits of meditation have been well studied and documented in the West. In fact, some studies suggest that when you are meditating you are actually in deeper relaxation than when you are fast asleep. Meditation can become even more powerful when you combine it with other therapies like positive thinking and visualization – it can make those techniques even more powerful.
