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Other Benefits of Spiritual Practices or Retreats

Other Benefits of Spiritual Practices or Retreats

  • They can become more sensitised to the effects of serotonin and dopamine 
  • The brains become more functionally connected, most especially the frontal and parietal lobes.

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