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7 types of meditation

Meditation can help you reduce stress and stay in the present. There are several meditation techniques you can try. Here are ...
Meditation isn’t thinking about nothing. New research reinforces that it’s a mind-altering, dynamic state that promotes focus ...
The good news is, there’s more than one way to meditate. By shifting from a relaxation practice to techniques that promote awareness and attention, we can still begin the day feeling grounded in the ...
Meditation may calm the mind, but a recent study suggests it can also reshape brain activity by profoundly altering brain ...
One of the universal challenges in human knowledge is translating what is deeply felt and implicitly understood into ...
Rocco Pink’s RestSMART brings breath-based stress relief via meditation to those affected by the May 2025 tornado and other traumas.
The meditation-and-the-brain research has been rolling in steadily for a number of years now, with new studies coming out just about every week to illustrate some new benefit of meditation. Or, rather ...
You’re in a waiting room, seated next to two other people. There are only three chairs. A woman enters on crutches, a medical boot on one leg. She winces, checks her phone, sighs uncomfortably, and ...
Meditation can help people with depression by increasing awareness of thoughts and experiences, allowing individuals to notice, accept, and let go of negative thinking patterns. To start meditating, ...
In early September, Tibetan monks carefully poured grains of colored sand onto a wooden table inside Slough Farm’s barn, transforming the space into a place of ritual, stillness, and attention. The ...
When you need a break from life's daily stresses, properties both near and far offer serene settings away from the chaos where you can relax the mind and enjoy the health benefits of meditation.
The psychedelic 5-MeO-DMT seemed to induce similar patterns of brain activity in a lama - a revered spiritual teacher in ...