I’ve been looking for scientific studies I’ve heard about and this is one by an RN in Hartford, Connecticut. Enjoy.
“Research has shown that these therapies (often called “mind-body-spirit techniques”) can help decrease anxiety, diminish pain, strengthen the immune system, and accelerate healing, whether by simply inducing the ‘relaxation response’ (and reversing the ‘stress response’ and subsequent impacts on the body, illness, and disease) or, by more complex mechanisms.”
THE TEXAS SCRIBBLER 