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Balancing a multicoloured plastic model in his hands, Dr. Richard Davidson looks out over an assembled group of 5-year-olds and says: “The brain is the most complicated thing in the universe.” Read more here…

During meditation, there was more activity in the ventromedial prefrontal cortex, the area of the brain that controls worrying.When activity increased in the anterior cingulate cortex – the area that governs thinking and emotion – anxiety decreased. The study was published in the journal Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience. Read more here…

Studies on the many benefits of meditation have been pouring in lately. The PicktheBrain blog notes that research indicates that just three hours of meditation can increase self-control and focus, while after eleven hours changes in the brain are visible. Read more here…

A meditation invites you to focus on your breathing, your body, or your feelings; it does not usually involve visualising. It is designed to increase awareness of your body. Typically, meditation techniques are drawn from Taoism or Buddhism. Read more here…

Hundreds of people were rushing to the weekly class of Buddhist meditation teacher Tara Brach, a therapist who has become a must-listen for many urban professionals. Inside, her calm voice fills the silence. Read more here…

The body is equipped with natural self-repair mechanisms that can be flipped on or off with thoughts, beliefs and feelings that originate in the mind. This is great news, because it means, in essence, that you can heal yourself. Read more here…

Our neurosciences have been able to locate the intuitive, emotional and sentimental experiences in human brain,in the right hemisphere,and when this part is injured or lost,much of our conscious memories of our experiences go too.Sometimes during the meditations,as is the feeling one gets in Sudarshan Kriya exercises,the manifestation in the form of a cry,perceptions of different images or ‘spiritual’ sounds,all these go to the right side of our brain,and get stored there. Read more here…

Practicing a form of meditation and stretching can help relieve symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder and normalize stress hormone levels, according to a recent study accepted for publication in The Endocrine Society’s Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism (JCEM). Read more here…

Twenty-five minutes of deep breathing a day helped keep the tension at bay, says one of the city’s high scorers in the Class 12 CBSE board exam, Varsha Vivek. Read more here…

Put down those dumbbells! Weight training isn’t the only way to tone your muscles. The next time you need to work your abs, arms, and legs, do these three yoga-inspired strength-training moves. Read more here…