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The Miracle of Mindfulness: An Introduction to the Practice of Meditation

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By Thich Nhat Hanh — 1999

In this beautiful and lucid guide, Zen master Thich Nhat Hanh offers gentle anecdotes and practical exercise as a means of learning the skills of mindfulness—being awake and fully aware. See more...

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How Meditation Impacts the Brain and Implications for Health

How does mindfulness and meditation improve health? Helen Weng, UCSF Osher Center for Integrative Medicine, explains that training our internal mental lives can have positive effects on our minds, health, and relationships.

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Balanced Fitness, Tougher Brain

A short meditation can make you stronger in the place you need it most.

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Balancing the Brain Toward Joy

In her best-selling book, My Stroke of Insight: A Brain Scientist’s Personal Journey, Taylor details the process for recovery and the insight she’s gained about the different functions of the left and right halves of her brain.

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Mindfulness Meditation: Ten Minutes a Day Improves Cognitive Function

Practising mindfulness meditation for ten minutes a day improves concentration and the ability to keep information active in one’s mind, a function known as “working memory.”

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Five Surprising Ways Exercise Changes Your Brain

Moving your body is one of the most beneficial things you can do for your mind.

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The Big Brain Benefits of Meditation

Science proves meditating restructures your brain and trains it to concentrate, feel greater compassion, cope with stress, and more.

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How Meditation Changes Your Brain—and Your Life

When neuroscientists tested expert meditators, they discovered something surprising: The effect of Buddhist meditation isn’t just momentary; it can alter deep-seated traits in our brain patterns and character.

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How Mindfulness Changes the Emotional Life of Our Brains | Richard J. Davidson | TEDxSanFrancisco

“Why is it that some people are more vulnerable to life’s slings and arrows and others more resilient?” In this eye-opening talk, Richard Davidson discusses how mindfulness can improve well-being and outlines strategies to boost four components of a healthy mind: awareness, connection,...

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