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Nov 06 2015

How the Brain Changes When You Meditate

This post was originally published on mindful.org. Not too long ago, most of us thought that the brain we’re born with is static—that after a certain age, the neural circuitry cards we’re dealt are the only ones we can play long-term. Fast-forward a decade or two, and we’re beginning to see the opposite: the brain is […]

Written by Jennifer Wolkin · Categorized: Science & Research

Sep 02 2015

How Meditation Can Save Your Life [Infographic]

This infographic is republished with permission from Best Medical Degrees.

Written by Morgan Dix · Categorized: Benefits of Meditation, Stress and Relaxation

Apr 18 2015

(Video) An Introduction to Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) with Jon Kabat-Zinn

Do you suffer from anxiety or stress? One of the most popular forms of treatment for stress is called Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction or MBSR. Developed by meditation expert Jon Kabat-Zinn over the course of 35 years at the UMass Medical Center, MBSR has an extensive body of scientific research to document and demonstrate it’s effectiveness. What […]

Written by Morgan Dix · Categorized: Beginner, Stress and Relaxation, Techniques · Tagged: Center for Mindfulness in Medicine, Jon Kabat-Zinn, meditation for anxiety, mindfulness-based stress reduction

Apr 04 2015

Four Lessons I learned From Silence

Silence is one of the great arts of conversation. ~Marcus Tullius Cicero Do you pay attention to silence? Have you ever noticed that silence is all around us all the time? I believe silence is one of our most undervalued natural resources. And it’s more or less inexhaustible. And I don’t mean that figuratively. I was surprised to […]

Written by Morgan Dix · Categorized: Beginner, Benefits of Meditation, Lifestyle, Spirituality

Mar 21 2015

How To Get Rich With Meditation

Be content with what you have. Rejoice in how things are. When you realize there is nothing lacking the whole world belongs to you. — Lao Tzu Are you rich? Do you feel that you have what you need to be happy? A lot of people don’t. Why is that? It’s an important question. Because as […]

Written by Morgan Dix · Categorized: Benefits of Meditation, Lifestyle · Tagged: meditation makes you rich, mindfulness

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