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The Coaching Lab: Health, Wellness & Performance! (Brad Cooper, PhD)

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The Effects of Purification Rituals on Psychological Wellbeing

In Mauritius, people perform purification rituals before they have their bodies pierced. They were doing this for six hours dragging the cavity behind you with a broomstick through your cheeks. And then they reached the temple finally, they have to climb 242 steps carrying their burden. So this is pretty much the day of self imposed torture. We looked at people's physiological responses and found it was more stressful than anything else on their everyday life. But also in terms of their psychological well being this had measurable benefits.

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