Mindfulness meditation reduces pain more effectively than slow-breathing meditation: the mediating role of respiration.
Pain March 1, 2026 Anita B Amorim, Morgan Gianola, Daniel Barrows et al.
Mindfulness meditation, a slow breathing practice that is predicated on cultivating nonreactive awareness, also reduces pain. The existing literature has been mixed in demonstrating whether mindfulness meditation is more effective than slow breathing alone (ie, sham-mindfulness meditation) at reducing pain. Furthermore, smaller sample sizes in prior work have hindered a clear understanding of...