“Many people,” says psychologist Mary Pipher, “wish they could be as unlucky as I was.” Andrea Miller interviews this bestselling author.
The American Forces Press Service reports that US soldiers in Baghdad are being offered mindfulness as a tool for coping with stress.
Barry Boyce reports on the growing number of scientists and researchers who are studying how to bring out the best in human nature.
Could it be that meditation actively combats pain? A new study shows that it would appear so.
That’s right. It seems that the “It Girl” of the 60s is taking her ongoing appreciation of Buddhism and mindfulness to children across the pond. It’s not that much of a surprise, given Hawn’s recent endorsement of the book Mindful Teaching and Teaching Mindfulness, from which Take 5, below, is excerpted. Having formed the Hawn […]
A recent study at New York University aims to use monks to help cure Alzheimer’s.
“For the benefits of meditation to become widely accessible, it needs to become ‘real.’ It needs to align with the lives of real people.”
Lewis Richmond on the aging brain and how changes the brain might change our practice over time.
Mitra Bishop-sensei, responds to the suggestion that Zen practice discourages people from facing their emotional and psychological problems.
In How God Changes Your Brain, neuroscientists cite ‘breakthrough findings’ that spiritual practice is good for body and brain
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