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The Mysterious Medication of Meditation
During the past three decades, a handful of scientists have delved
deeper into the mysteries of meditation, trying to understand
how the mind affects the body. Studies show that daily meditation
can indeed be medication, creating long-lasting physiological
effects that reduce high blood pressure and even help unclog
arteries to reverse heart disease.
Meditation Increases
Brain Size
Researchers at Harvard, Yale, and the Massachusetts Institute
of Technology have found the first evidence that meditation can
alter the physical structure of our brains.
Meditation Research
The research site of Sara Lazar, one of the leading brain researchers
looking into the effects of training the mind with meditation.
Meditation May
Alter Brain, Delay Aging
Early research suggests that daily meditation can alter the physical
structure of the brain and may even slow brain deterioration
related to aging.
Meditation Helps
Cure Destructive Emotions
Best-selling author Daniel Goleman finds in Buddhism a possible
cure-all for anger, depression, and more (interview by Rebecca
Phillips).
Meditation May
Cut Future Heart Disease Risks
Meditation can help heart health, a study from the Medical College
of Georgia shows.
Scientists Meditate
on Happiness
The Investigating the Mind conference, co-sponsored by the McGovern
Institute at MIT and the Mind & Life Institute in Colorado,
constituted the eleventh in a series of extraordinary dialogues
the Dalai Lama helped launch 17 years ago with the goal of offering
the world a practical method for relieving suffering, and curbing
the destructive emotions and impulses that are at the root of
all human strife.
Building Up the
Brain
Regular meditation is shown to add heft to a region vital to
thoughts and emotions.
How to Get Smarter,
One Breath at a Time
Everyone around the water cooler knows that meditation reduces
stress. But with the aid of advanced brainscanning technology,
researchers are beginning to show that meditation directly affects
the function and structure of the brain, changing it in ways
that appear to increase attention span, sharpen focus and improve
memory.
Finding Calm
in the Chaos
A woman was assigned to take a meditation class and write about
it. She had no idea what she was in for. This article lists some
of the research on meditation too.
Meditation May
Bolster Brain Activity
Meditation may not only produce a calming effect, but new research
suggests that the practice of Buddhist meditation may produce
lasting changes in the brain.
Buddhists Really Are Happier
Scientists say they have evidence to show that Buddhists really
are happier and calmer than other people.
Meditation and
the Brain
This is a one-page PDF document by Andrew Weil on some of the
research about meditation.
Training the Mind with Meditation
A list of links to articles on how and why to meditate. Meditation
is one of the best stress-reduction techniques of all time, but
it does much more than that.
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