Meditation

[petrushka.googol]

Does meditation override the action of adrenagernic receptors and control tension ?

[EdEarl]

For me the effect of meditation while sitting in a calm environment, either quiet or with soft music, clears my mind so that tense thoughts cannot exist due to counting each breath. I cannot focus on something tense because my mind is occupied focusing on sitting, breathing, and counting. As ones mind rests on the mundane, ones body relaxes, and I assume ones hormones normalize. However, I have neither measured my hormones nor read about such an excperiment.

[tkadm30]

This paper might be relevant to the OP. Also note that enhanced dopamine neurotransmission during meditation may increase noradrenergic releases in the prefrontal cortex (PFC). https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18615131