It’s a vicious cycle: Ankylosing Spondylitis sufferers feel pain, which creates Stress.  When stress hits the body, it creates more pain. That’s why controlling stress helps you to control the pain.
Stress causes physical damage in the body, and meditation can reverse the stress and the physical damage caused by it.  Meditation creates a calming environment for the body, enabling rejuvenation and repair, and preventing ongoing damage.
Clinical research comparing meditating and non-meditating groups shows that non-meditators suffer with more ...