21 Ways to Reduce Stress
21 Simple Ways to Reduce Stress with Ease Adapted from Saki Santorelli, University of Massachusetts Center for Mindfulness. There are some simple things you can do right now that help with stress. Why not choose three that would be easy for you to do today? Take a few minutes in the morning to be quiet and meditate, […]
How Meditation Can Reshape Our Brains: Sara Lazar
How Meditation Can Reshape Our Brains: Sara Lazar at TEDxCambridge 2011 – YouTube. Sara Lazar’s 2011 research shows how meditation changes the brain, specifically the executive function and working memory regions. Scientifically validated benefits of Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction: Decreases Stress Reduces Symptoms Associated with: depression anxiety pain gastrointestinal disorders insomnia psoriasis and eczema Enhanced […]
Mindfulness and the Brain by Philippe Goldin
This presentation at the 2010 Wisdom 2.0 Conference by Philippe Goldin Pd. D, clinical neuroscientist at Stanford University, is a great introduction to the scientifically documented benefits of Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction. via Mindfulness and the Brain by Philippe Goldin: Wisdom 2.0 Conference on Vimeo.
Study: Meditation's Effects Similar to Pills for Depression
This recent article on Healthline is inspiring as now there is proven research to tell us what we already know…mindfulness works. Wouldn’t we all rather care for ourselves through kind action rather than by ingesting pills which may have other unwanted side effects. Meditation has been used for centuries, but its benefits have been primarily […]
What Stress Does to Your Body
“The human body is well adapted to deal with short-term stress, but if it remains on orange alert for an extended period of time, you can grow vulnerable to some serious health problems. Here’s how major systems respond to your worries.” Enjoy this clear, simple article of the effects of stress on different systems in […]
