Zen meditation, Length of Telomeres, and the Role of Experiential Avoidance and Compassion
Alda M, Puebla-Guedea M, Rodero B, Demarzo M, Montero-Marin J, Roca M, Garcia-Campayo J. · Mindfulness · 2016
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“the absence of experiential avoidance of negative emotions and thoughts is integral to the connection between meditation and telomeres”
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“the absence of experiential avoidance of negative emotions and thoughts is integral to the connection between meditation and telomeres”
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© The Author(s) 2016 Open Access This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made.
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