Increased Telomerase as a benefit of meditation

Reverse-Aging-Telomerase-2The Shamatha Project is the most comprehensive longitudinal study of intensive meditation ever to be undertaken. (According to their own website).  This project has uncovered an interesting effect of meditation.  Meditators at the end of a three month intensive meditation were found to an increase in Telomerase activity in white blood cells compared to a control group.  Read More Here