U.S. News and World Report - Mindfulness researcher Jon Kabat-Zinn explains how to live in the moment. (Read the full article here …)
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U.S. News & World Report - Mindfulness researcher Jon Kabat-Zinn explains how to live in the moment and how to focus on maintaining a state of optimal health rather than simply alleviating symptoms or treating a particular disease. (Read the full article here …)
American Scientist - Dr. Fadel Zeidan has proven that minimal training in meditation can lessen the perception of pain in research subjects. (Read the full article here…)
TIME Magazine – The idea that meditation is good for you is certainly not new, but scientists are still trying to figure out exactly why meditating so reliably improves mental and physical health. One old theory is that meditation is just like exercise: it trains the brain as if gray matter were a bundle of muscles. You work those muscles and they get stronger. (Read the full article here…)
USA Today - Once thought of as an esoteric, mystical pursuit, meditation is going mainstream. A government survey in 2007 found that about 1 out of 11 Americans, more than 20 million, meditated in the past year. And a growing number of medical centers are teaching meditation to patients for relief of pain and stress. (Read the full article here…)
Science Daily - How could a single, nonpharmacological intervention help patients deal with disorders ranging from high blood pressure, to pain syndromes, to infertility, to rheumatoid arthritis? That question may have been answered by a study finding that eliciting the relaxation response -- a physiologic state of deep rest -- influences the activation patterns of genes associated with the body's response to stress. (Read the full article...) MSN Health & Fitness - Meditation has a profound effect on health, mood, even how you eat. Here, four ways to tap into the new "mindfulness"—and reap its rewards today. (Read the full article...) NPR (9 minute audio program) - People who meditate say it induces well-being and emotional balance. In recent years, a group of neuroscientists has begun investigating the practice, dubbed "mindfulness." As NPR's Allison Aubrey reports, they are exploring the hypothesis that meditation can actually change the way the brain works. (Listen to the program...) TIME Magazine - New Age mumbo jumbo? Not for millions of Americans who meditate for health and well being. Here’s how it works. (Read the full article...) Psychology Today - Meditation may not be so easy. But decreased heart rate, blood pressure and cortisol levels are just a few of the many benefits. (Read the full article...) |