Posts Tagged ‘mbsr’
Meditation on the Brain: a Conversation with Andrew Newberg
Dr. Andrew Newberg is an Associate Professor in the Department of Radiology and Psychiatry and Adjunct Assistant Professor in the Department of Religious Studies at the University of Pennsylvania. He has published a variety of neuroimaging studies related to aging and dementia. He has also researched the neurophysiological correlates of meditation, prayer, and how brain…
Read MoreMindfulness Meditation for Adults & Teens with ADHD
Mindfulness meditation training may be a beneficial complementary treatment approach for adolescents and adults with ADHD.
Read MoreMindfulness and Meditation in Schools: Mindful Kids, Peaceful Schools
Mindfulness and Meditation are good technique for school children to manage anxiety and stress. Read another article from Greater Good Magazine on brain development.
Read MoreBrain Fitness Newsletter: November Edition
Here you are have the Monthly Digest of our Most Popular Blog Posts. You can consider it your monthly Brain Exercise Magazine. (Also, remember that you can subscribe to receive our RSS feed, check our Topics section, and subscribe to our monthly newsletter at the top of this page if you want to receive this…
Read MoreFrom Meditation to MBSR
Very nice Los Angeles Times article on the growing research behind, and acceptance of, meditation in mainstream medicine (through what is called Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction, or MBSR): Doctor’s orders: Cross your legs and say ‘Om’. A few quotes: — “It appears to work. In a new study, published in October in the journal Pain, Natalia…
Read MoreMind & Life Institute
My wife and I were fortunate to conduct recently a mind training experiment, in the form of a breathing & meditation retreat, with some neuroscientists and Adam Engle, Co-Founder and Chairman of the Mind & Life Institute (nice name, isn’t it?) The Mind and Life Dialogues “started in 1987 as an experiment to determine whether a scientific…
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