We all want a healthy brain .. and in recent years there has been a growing library of research in the field of neuroscience and how the brain is positively impacted by the practice of meditation. Watch this excellent TEDxCambridge video by Sara Lazar (Neuroscientist) on how meditation can reshape our brains .. and Sara […]
What About The Research
I am fully immersed in new studies at the moment .. excitedly undertaking teachings in a new meditation practice plus meditation teaching program, and loving every minute! But today I felt I had reached a tipping point in my accumulation of documents, and I really needed to take some time to get organised. Alongside the […]
The Mindfulness Revolution
In 2003 TIME cover story featured The Science of Meditation In 2005 National Geographic cover story featured Beyond the Brain In 2013 The New York Times ran a story Mindfulness: Getting Its Share of Attention In 2014 TIME cover story featured The Mindful Revolution In the November 2014 edition of Scientific American, meditation is again […]
Stress: Money & Work
We know that too much stress can have a significant negative affect on our sense of wellbeing .. and impact not only on our view of the world, but also our relationships at home, in the office and a continuing ripple effect on friends and community. New statistics from a global study by the workspace […]
It’s All So Subjective
Meditation is ancient. Thousands of years old. Tried and tested by millions of people from across the globe. Now science is starting to take more notice and technology is becoming available that will make the research into this ancient practice much more sophisticated and insightful . The hurdle we seem to have at this point […]
Meditation For Students
Meditation to boost test scores My daughter is in senior school now. She has had exams before, but this year exams bring additional pressure .. career aspirations, growing outside school responsibilities and interests, more to learn, more competition, more to retain. I hope she remembers her meditation! (I can’t remind her because she is a […]
Are you ignoring your teams health?
“Bosses Ignore Mental illness” interesting article in The Age reporting on a recent SANE survey of more than 500 workers which found 95% felt their employers were uneducated about mental illness and needed training to manage its effects. Most said ‘no support’ had been provided to them when they were mentally unwell. It is such a […]
Meditation & Multi-tasking
A study from the University of Washington Information School professors David Levy and Jacob Wobbrock suggests that meditation training can help people working with information stay on tasks longer with fewer distractions and also improves memory and reduces stress. “To our knowledge, this is the first study to explore how meditation might affect multitasking in […]