The Tipping Point for Mindfulness Posted: 06/21/2013 8:32 am Mindfulness practices like meditation have been in existence for thousands of years, but only now are they reaching the tipping point in the Western world. Today’s pace and stress are so great that people are searching for new practices to find resilience in the midst of… Continue reading Bill George: The Tipping Point for Mindfulness
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The Big Chill-Out: How Meditation Can Help With Everything | Fast Company | Business + Innovation
Changing the way your genes express themselves, coaxing you to actually understand yourself, and finally letting you really relax: Meditation is well worth getting familiar with. By: Drake Baer At the start of the monsoon season two summers ago, I was sitting cross-legged in a humid classroom in in the foothills of the Himalayas. As… Continue reading The Big Chill-Out: How Meditation Can Help With Everything | Fast Company | Business + Innovation
Meditation: “It’s Not New Age nonsense” | 360 Degrees of Mindful Living
Meditation: “It’s Not New Age nonsense” By Pavel G. Somov, Ph.D. In meditation research the news keeps getting better and better: “Previous studies have reported changes to the brain while people practise [meditation, yoga and prayer] activities, but a new study shows for the first time that gene activity changes too. […] “It’s not New… Continue reading Meditation: “It’s Not New Age nonsense” | 360 Degrees of Mindful Living
Meditation Produces Opposite Effect of ‘Fight or Flight’ | Psych Central News
By Traci Pedersen Associate News Editor Reviewed by John M. Grohol, Psy.D. on May 4, 2013 Meditation Produces Opposite Effect of ‘Fight or Flight’ A new study reveals that practitioners of meditation experience changes in gene expression that are the exact opposite of what occurs during the “flight or fight” stress response. Specifically, genes associated… Continue reading Meditation Produces Opposite Effect of ‘Fight or Flight’ | Psych Central News
How the neuroscience of meditation rewires the brain for love – San Francisco Women’s Health | Examiner.com
Essential to human survival early in life is the ability to form a secure bond in infancy. It has been said that babies who receive food, water, clothing, and all their basic physical requirements but lack human connection do not thrive. Why is attachment so intrinsic for people? Our species are a social bunch and… Continue reading How the neuroscience of meditation rewires the brain for love – San Francisco Women’s Health | Examiner.com