Research highlights the importance of daily meditation, exercise and sleep for improving executive functioning, a component of attention that helps people focus.
It’s possible to stop experiencing ‘stresslaxation’.
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Don’t expect meditation to provide Christmas miracles. But if you start learning how to meditate now, your holidays may be a bit less stressful and perhaps a little more meaningful.
Prayer apps can help guide spiritual practices and encourage people to set goals and stay on track.
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A scholar of Christian spirituality argues that prayers are meant to bring together a faith community – something apps aren’t likely to achieve.
Dance and movement therapy not only holds promise for treatment of trauma, anxiety and depression but can also contribute lifelong coping skills.
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The COVID-19 pandemic and a growing global refugee crisis have shone a light on the ever-increasing need for new approaches to mental health treatment.
The brains of mice randomly produce large bursts of dopamine that could produce feelings of hope.
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Mouse brains produce random, strong bursts of dopamine and are able to control them. This may challenge many long-held ideas about learning and motivation.
Mindfulness refers to a mental state of focusing on the present moment.
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A brief daily practice of mindfulness meditation not only contributes to a better mood, but it also helps protect against the negative mental health impact of news about COVID-19.
The meditation market is expected to grow to over $2 billion by 2022.
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Sleeping through a live performance would usually indicate it wasn’t engaging. But as a film about Max Richter’s Sleep concerts explains, this is exactly the response the composer was hoping for.
Protesters at Liberty Park on Oct. 16, 2011, Day 31 of Occupy Wall Street in New York.
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The writer and zen priest Reverend angel Kyodo williams speaks about the pain of racism, how she uses meditation to combat it — and become a stronger anti-racist activist in America today.
People take part in a mass meditation on the lawn of Parliament Hill in Ottawa in 2017.
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Mindfulness practices may help one examine long-held cultural assumptions, allowing one to better respond to current critical issues such as climate change and systemic racism.
Bill Murray and Andie MacDowell in a scene from the film ‘Groundhog Day.’
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For many of us, the popular film, ‘Groundhog Day’ may bring up fond memories of a classic comedy. But a scholar argues there’s more to the film – it’s a lesson in mindfulness.
Monks pray at Nanshan Temple in Sanya, Hainan Province of China.
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