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“Meditation practice has become viewed in our culture in terms of health and wellness, as something you can do to calm yourself and make yourself feel better. From a Zen point of view, the kind of practice that simply affirms yourself and bolsters your ego is not a good practice,” Field says. Read more here…

“It calms you down. It relaxes your body. It lowers your heart rate. It lowers your respiration and in general it reduces the effects of stress on your body,” Murali Doraiswamy, MD, Professor of Psychiatry at Duke Medicine said. Read more here…

Summer might still be here but London life means the chances to relax are few and far between. Luckily, meditation apps can allow us to snatch a five-minute breather during a busy day. Read more here…

Finding time for ourselves is often easier said than done, but when it comes to maintaining our health, it is vital that you take some time out of each week to devote to your thoughts and release any negative tension or feelings, and mediation can really help you achieve inner peace. Read more here…

Meditation is essentially the process of doing just that — cutting through our brain’s static and finding focus. The practice not only offers a slew of health benefits, from stress management, to possibly helping with high blood pressure, heart disease and depression, but it’s also something you can weave into your everyday life.  Read more here…

Yoga and meditation sessions have been a mainstay in the women’s jail for six years, since a group of volunteers from a local nonprofit that encourages yoga as an element of rehabilitation started showing up, mats in tow, and leading classes for all female inmates, said Alisa Kannett, an administrator with the nonprofit Yoga for Recovery.  Read more here…

The researchers found yoga, aerobic exercise, massage, and body awareness therapy significantly reduced eating disorder scores and depression in anorexic and bulimic patients. Furthermore, yoga, aerobics and body awareness therapy can promote quality of life in patients with eating disorders. Read more here…

Being an entrepreneur takes a lot of patience, focus and determination. Meditation and visualization can help develop all three categories even if your practice for a few minutes a day. Read more here…

Smokers who signed up for a study on meditation and stress reduction ended up smoking 60 percent less—even though that wasn’t their goal. Read more here…

Mindfulness meditation promotes personal control and has been shown to positively affect attention and an openness to internal and external experiences, we believe that meditation may be helpful for coping with symptoms of addiction. Read more here…