The Science of Mindfulness and PTSD
How the brain responds to traumatic events, and what science says about how mindfulness meditation helps people process trauma and decrease suffering. If we were able to prove that… Read more »
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Change Your DNA With Yoga and Meditation
You got those beautiful brown eyes from your parents, but you also got your ability to cope with stress (or not cope with it so well.) That’s o.k., because relatively… Read more »
Regrow Your Brain With Meditation
A team of researchers led by Dr. Lazar, a neurologist and instructor at Harvard medical school, has discovered that meditating for just 8 weeks can fuel grey-matter in the hippocampus and promote… Read more »
What Happens to First Time Meditators
There have been numerous studies detailing what happens to the brain in long-term meditators, but what exactly happens to people who meditate for the first time? Sara Lazar, a Harvard… Read more »
5 Ways to Nourish Your Brain
The brain is our “grand conductor”—playing a vital role in everything we do. Here’s what science tells us about keeping it healthy. lekkyjustdoit/Adobe Stock The brain is the grand conductor… Read more »