Scaling up meditation, mindfulness practices via biofeedback systems and wellness programs

— That will be the focus of the third ses­sion at the 2014 Sharp­Brains Vir­tu­al Sum­mit (Octo­ber 28–30th, 2014). We hope you can join us! Scal­ing up med­i­ta­tion and mind­ful­ness prac­tices via biofeed­back sys­tems and well­ness pro­grams Dr. Dou­glass Ziedo­nis, Pro­fes­sor and Chair of the Depart­ment of Psy­chi­a­try at UMass Med­ical School Ariel Garten, CEO of InteraXon…

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Meet these 25+ Summit Speakers at the forefront of Brain, Health and Innovation

We are proud to share the world-class and expand­ing ros­ter of experts and inno­va­tors who will speak at the upcom­ing 2014 Sharp­Brains Vir­tu­al Sum­mit (Octo­ber 28–30th, 2014). Please check out their spec­tac­u­lar bios, the pre­lim­i­nary agen­da, and con­sid­er join­ing us! As of today, we are count­ing on: Dr. Adam Gaz­za­ley, Direc­tor of the Neu­ro­science Imag­ing Cen­ter at the…

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Kirtan Kriya Meditation: A “new” tool to fight Alzheimer’s Disease

The Alzheimer’s Research & Pre­ven­tion Foun­da­tion: Kir­tan Kriya med­i­ta­tion from Sharp­Brains: Track­ing Brain Health Inno­va­tion Enjoy this slide deck pre­sent­ed by Dr. Dhar­ma Singh Khal­sa,  Pres­i­dent of the Alzheimer’s Research & Pre­ven­tion Foun­da­tion (ARPF),  at the 2013 Sharp­Brains Vir­tu­al Sum­mit. To learn more: 12 Ways Yoga Med­i­ta­tion Helps Nour­ish The Body, Brain and Mind From Anti-Alzheimer’s “Mag­ic Bul­lets” to…

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Dharma Singh Khalsa: Why are yoga and meditation often overlooked for healthy brain aging?

What is your cur­rent job title and orga­ni­za­tion, and what excites you the most about work­ing there? As the Found­ing Pres­i­dent and Med­ical Direc­tor of the Alzheimer’s Research and Pre­ven­tion Foun­da­tion (ARPF), what excites me lead­ing the way in cut­ting edge research on the ben­e­fi­cial, anti-aging effects of yoga and med­i­ta­tion on cel­lu­lar health, brain func­tion and,…

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Full Recordings Available Now: 2011 SharpBrains Summit

We are pleased to announce that full record­ings for all pre­sen­ta­tions deliv­ered dur­ing the 2011 Sharp­Brains Sum­mit: Retool­ing Brain Health for the 21st Cen­tu­ry (March 30 — April 1, 2011) are now avail­able both to Sum­mit Par­tic­i­pants and to non-Par­tic­i­pants. You can Learn More Here and Access 40+ Talks and 20+ hours of up-to-date infor­ma­tion and analysis…

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