A room with a door ... advises meditators to understand that “you are not here to stop thoughts and achieve anything in particular at all. Rather, meditation is time to cultivate a felt ...

An exploration of the neuroscience of meditation, including recent research as well as future potential for its application.

Why does meditation provide relief? Zeidan says the researchers were able to find an answer from analyzing the functional MRI scans of the meditators, which show reduced activation in neural ...

The participants, who were novice meditators, took part in a ten-minute guided “loving-kindness meditation.” The practice, which involves focusing on thoughts of well-being for oneself and ...

The biohacker also refers to meditation as "weightlifting for the brain." "Long-term meditators have brains that can make more electricity than someone who doesn't meditate — and their brains ...

While meditation is well known as a technique to reduce stress and anxiety, it may also help enhance your mood, promote healthy sleep patterns, and boost cognitive skills. Meditation is the ...

The Happier app is where meditation meets you where you are. Meditation isn’t a quick fix; it’s a messy, imperfect journey that can change your life. On September 10th, Ten Percent Happier ...

A study reveals that experienced meditators are able to voluntarily modulate their state of consciousness during meditation, i.e. they have the unusual ability, without the use of drugs ...

There’s some previous research showing that experienced meditators have better response inhibition, so the researchers hypothesized that the meditation group would perform better after the ...

Aging is a normal part of life. But what if you could slow down the aging process of the brain? Imagine being able to recollect anything and everything at 70, like a sexagenarian? Or like a middle ...