To go to damaged areas and repair them the gene for oxidative stress was upregulated We started seeing all these genes that are very very healthy to cause the body to flourish Imagine if people were doing that for three months. We also measured telomeres the little Shoestrings on the end of DNA that tell us our biological age. We asked people to Do the work meditation five out of seven days for 60 days Measure their telomeres that determine their biological age sixty days later seventy four percent of the people lengthen their telomeres 40 percent