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5-Week Mindfulness Training Effects on Brain Structure & Behavior: Caudate Volume Reduction & Less Impulsivity (2024 Study)

Mindfulness training is more than a meditative practice; it’s a transformative journey that reshapes our brain, improves our mental faculties, and alters how we respond to emotions and impulses. Recent research has shed light on how this ancient practice can lead to significant changes in the brain’s structure, particularly in the caudate nucleus, and influence …

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Mindfulness Training Improves Brain Network Connectivity Efficiency in Older Adults with Sleep Difficulties (Study)

A study suggests that mindfulness training can not only improve mindfulness, but also make functional brain reconfiguration more efficient in older adults with sleep issues. Mindfulness training enhanced measures of “mindfulness” (i.e. the quality or state of being conscious or aware) as well as functional brain connectivity patterns – relative to a control intervention. Key …

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Dangers of Meditation: List Of Possibilities

Most people associate meditation with laser-like focus, expanded internal awareness, emotional stability, and cognitive enhancement.  Plus there is mounting evidence to suggest that many of these claims are valid, just read all of the scientific benefits of meditation.  The new wave of meditation science, coupled with development of meditation apps (e.g. Headspace), and celebrities attributing their success …

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Emotional Upheavals: Causes, Symptoms, Coping Strategies

Emotional upheavals are most commonly associated with those who’ve dealt with a traumatic experience, blocked the traumatic emotion and/or memory from conscious perception, and then later end up experiencing a resurfacing of the traumatic memory accompanied by strong emotion. It is the strong surge of unpleasant emotion, seemingly out of thin air that leads people …

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Scientific Benefits Of Meditation (List)

You’ve probably been told that in order to achieve happiness, you need to look inwards and meditate. While introspection (internal awareness) and meditation aren’t requirements to feel happy or live a great life, practicing meditation can lead to significant improvements in mental health (brain functioning) and physical health for certain individuals. Therefore it is recommended …

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Types Of Meditation: Extensive List of Techniques

Meditation is a practice that involves focusing attention inwards. The focus of inward attention could be on a mantra, the breathing process (inhalation and exhalation), a vision, an emotion, an area of the body, or even someone else. Some people use meditation to relax and help with anxiety, others use it to build concentration, and …

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