[wilsonnb]

People heal from injuries using physical therapy on a regular basis.

I also don't know what walking on ones thumbs has to do with mindfullness.

You don't need to do a statistical analysis. We have other tools that can be used like double blind trials comparing meditation and medication.

Anyways, I think you should be very careful about placing much stock in anything that can't be studied in a scientific way. Such a thing would by definition have no measurable effect on the world or be unchangeable.