Brain changes that link mindfulness meditation with health-related benefits New research from Carnegie Mellon University provides a window into the brain changes that link mindfulness meditation training with health in stressed adults. Published in Biological Psychiatry, the study shows that mindfulness meditation training, compared to relaxation training, reduces Interleukin-6, an inflammatory health biomarker, in high-stress, […]
Science of Meditation: Brain Health
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 […]
Meditation To Work Smarter
New research from INSEAD and The Wharton School, to be published in Feb issue of Psychological Science (journal of the Association for Psychological Science) – has shown that one 15-minute focused-breathing meditation may help people make smarter choices. Across a series of studies it was found that mindfulness meditation, which cultivates awareness of the present […]
Meditation In Education
The infographic below caught my eye (from YogaDork who is always insightful, witty and thought-provoking) on the same day as an article from ABC News (America)”Meditation Helps Kids Chill Out, Reduce Impulsivity” arrived on my desk. The article mentioned some recent research studies which support the often talked about positive benefits when children learn meditation. […]
Meditation & Multi-tasking
A recent study released 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 improve memory and reduce stress. “To our knowledge, this is the first study to explore how meditation might affect […]
Meditation In The Corporate Environment
Two studies released this month which focus specifically on meditation in the corporate environment: #1 Creative Thinking The outcome of a study by cognitive psychologist Lorenza Colzato and fellow researchers at Leiden University, published 19 April in the open-access journal ‘Frontiers in Cognition’, found certain meditation techniques can promote heightened creative thinking. The study investigated […]
Meditation & Business Leadership
An article from The Independent Newspaper of the Harvard Business School Community, The Harbus, notes a new study that will look into “whether meditation can help business leaders increase self-awareness, mental clarity, focus and emotional intelligence. It is often also claimed that meditation helps a leader develop more authenticity, tolerance and empathy, which leads to […]