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To establish an integrative biopsychosocial framework explaining how contemplative practices mitigate stress and enhance restorative physical health at the cellular level.

December 26, 2023Psychological ReviewOpen Access

Deep rest: An integrative model of how contemplative practices combat stress and enhance the body’s restorative capacity.

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To establish an integrative biopsychosocial framework explaining how contemplative practices mitigate stress and enhance restorative physical health at the cellular level.
Synthesized interdisciplinary evidence across contemplative practice interventions, stress science, and mitochondrial biology.
Developed a theoretical model mapping psychological safety cues onto physiological energy allocation and cellular maintenance pathways.
Identified 'deep rest' as a restorative state induced by safety signaling that diverts cellular energy away from metabolically demanding stress responses.
Showed that contemplative practices promote physical and psychological restoration by optimizing cellular energy consumption and mitochondrial functioning.

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Conceptual review reveals how contemplative practices induce deep rest in humans, suggesting safety signaling redirects cellular energy away from stress to optimize physiological health.

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Crosswell et al. (2023) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a15351ea4734e8e604e276a https://doi.org/10.1037/rev0000453

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Conceptual review reveals how contemplative practices induce deep rest in humans, suggesting safety signaling redirects cellular energy away from stress to optimize physiological health.

Deep rest: An integrative model of how contemplative practices combat stress and enhance the body’s restorative capacity.

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Deep rest: An integrative model of how contemplative practices combat stress and enhance the body’s restorative capacity.

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