Vishen LakhianiFounder of Mindvalley | NYT Bestselling Author | Transforming Lives Globally

Unlocking the Healing Power of Meditation

13 Sept 2024 · 0 min

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A YouTube conversation led by Vishen Lakhiani about the health benefits of meditation, claiming extensive scientific support ("over 15,000 studies") for alpha-state meditation and listing improvements (psoriasis, depression, sleep, back pain, heart and heart health). The excerpt also cites a Silva method imagery-therapy case series (Dr. Okar Simonton working with Jose Silva) on 159 terminal cancer patients with specific survival and outcome counts and an average survival time of 24.4 months.

Questions this video answers

Over 15,000 studies.

159 patients.

Given 12 months to live.

63 of 159.

14 showed no signs of cancer; 12 had cancer regressing; 17 were stable.

There's now been over 15,000 scientific studies that show that when you lower your brainwave state to alpha, which we commonly call meditation.
Or mindfulness.
We see all.
Sorts of improvements, from psoriasis.
Healing itself.
To depression disappearing, people sleeping.
Better, back pain, heart health improving. Dr. Okar Simonton worked with Jose Silva to bring the Silva method to cancer patients. He thought imagery therapy to 159 patients who had incurable cancer and were given 12 months to live. Four years later, 63 of 159 were alive, 14 showed no signs of cancer, 12 had cancer regressing, and 17 were stable. Average survival time was 24.4 months. And about Silva method, Carl Simonton said, I would say it is the most powerful single tool I have to offer patients.