Can Meditation Slow Rate of Cellular Aging?: Cognitive Stress, Mindfulness, and Telomeres
By Elissa S. Epel, Jennifer Daubenmier, Judith T. Moskowitz, Susan Folkman, and Elizabeth H. Blackburn
20 pages… meditation may have salutary effects on telomere length by reducing cognitive stress and stress arousal and increasing positive states of mind and hormonal factors that may promote telomere maintenance. Aspects of this model are currently being tested in ongoing trials of mindfulness meditation.