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Simple practices that soothe your mind when meditation just isn’t cutting it. One writer shares six ways she practices calmness besides meditation—because it doesn't always work for everyone.
As the $6 trillion wellness industry moves from the mind to the body, breathwork is emerging as the fastest path to calm — and a way to find clarity amid digital noise.
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The Lighten Up & Root Down Meditation Group will present a free talk on Zen meditation by author, voice artist, actor, activist, and Zen priest Peter
Recent research uncovers how a brief loving-kindness meditation session alters brain wave activity in critical limbic areas, opening new doors for non-invasive approaches to stress and anxiety.
A study reveals that even a brief meditation session can spark changes deep in your brain, influencing the regions tied to mood, focus, and emotions.
Simple meditation techniques like breathing, visualization and body scans can help reduce workplace stress, boost focus and improve well-being.
IT’S 10:45am on a Tuesday, and you are arriving late to work. You’ve just been to the dentist who berated you for grinding your teeth – she says this is what’s causing your sore jaw and neck. You’ve been waking up between 2am and 4am most nights for the past month, and when you do, it’s hard t
Poor sleeping patterns can negatively impact your overall lifestyle, leading to serious health issues such as heart problems, hormonal imbalances, and more. Insomnia can affect your life in ways you might not expect. Here are five of the best meditation techniques to help slow down your body and mind at night. TheHealthSite.com
Recent findings indicate that meditation may enhance compassion and foster prosocial actions aimed at helping others. In the present preregistered research, we aimed to test hypotheses regarding the positive impact of a single short, guided mindfulness meditation on compassionate and personal distress responses, measured with the Socio-affective Video Task (SoVT), and the possible mechanisms of this effect. We hypothesized that individuals in the mindfulness group, compared to the active control group, would exhibit higher levels of compassion and reduced personal distress while viewing videos of people in distress. We also proposed that decentration and self-compassion would mediate this effect. Eighty individuals, novice to meditation, were randomly assigned to either the experimental (meditation) or control condition groups. We did not find a significant overall group effect on the presented videos. However, we demonstrated a serial partial mediation process, in which mindfulness state—measured through manipulation check questions assessing attention focused on breathing and awareness of bodily sensations—serves as the first mediator, and decentration as the second, mediating the relationship between group and SoVT measures. These findings suggest that even brief mindfulness meditation can enhance compassionate/empathic responses through increased mindfulness precursors and improved decentration abilities. More studies with longitudinal or experimental designs are needed to better understand the causal relationship between mindfulness meditation and compassionate responses.
Free talk and guided meditation presented by Self-Realization FellowshipLOS ANGELES — August 11, 2025 — “How Meditation Can Transform Your Life” is the theme of a free, public talk on the yoga teachings of Paramahansa Yogananda — author of the bestselling spiritual classic Autobiography of a Yogi — to be held at the Austin Meditation Group of Self-Realization Fellowship in Austin, Texas on Friday, September 12, from 7:00 to 8:00 p.m., followed by a reception.Brother Keshavananda, a monk of Self-
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Small bursts of mindfulness practices lasting a minute or less can have unexpected benefits for those with busy lives - here’s how
Feeling overwhelmed? Psychic counsellor suggests five simple daily meditation habits. These brief practices help calm your mind and return you to your
What happens: When you meditate, your body lowers cortisol—the hormone that spikes when you're stressed. Less cortisol means your fight-or-flight alarm quiets down, giving your nervous system a break.Why it matters: Lower cortisol reduces inflammation, helps balance blood pressure, and stops the cycle where stress feeds more stress. Studies with thousands of people show this effect is real and measurable.Simple takeaway: Regular meditation trains your body to stay calmer, even when life gets chaotic. Your stress hormones actually drop
- by Gavin Heaney According to Kadampa Buddhist practitioner and meditation teacher Kadam Gerry Donovan, happiness is a state of mind and the method to
Mindfulness meditation has been suggested to protect mental health and enhance cognitive functions. However, the effectiveness of mindfulness breathing meditation for the general population in Malaysia has not been well documented. This study investigated the effects of mindfulness breathing meditation on perceived stress levels and cognitive functions (i.e., visual attention, inhibitory control, and cognitive flexibility) using heart rate variability (HRV) and eye-tracking methods. Fifty Malaysian adults aged between 18 and 34 years participated in this study. Participants were randomly allocated to either mindfulness breathing meditation or active control (music therapy) groups. Participants underwent a four-week intervention consisting of 30 min of online classes once a week and 10 min of daily meditation self-practice or music listening. The results showed significant improvement in cognitive flexibility and reduction in perceived stress levels after the intervention in the mindfulness breathing meditation group compared to the active control group. Participants in the mindfulness breathing meditation group self-reported this intervention as highly acceptable and effective in promoting stress reduction, emotional regulation, and attentional control. However, no significant improvement was found in attention, inhibitory control, and HRV after the intervention, suggesting that the mindfulness breathing meditation had no effect on these variables. While short-term engagement with mindfulness breathing meditation practice is achievable, the three-month follow-up using the Mindfulness Adherence Questionnaire showed that sustaining long-term adherence remains a challenge. The approved Stage 1 protocol can be found under “Files”, named “SR_HLY_Manuscript_OSF”, via this link: https://doi.org/10.17605/OSF.IO/P67EG .
Cyclic breathing and meditation are some commonly practiced methods that promote mental relaxation and emotional well-being. Both practices aim to reduce stress, but work on different mechanisms. Here we help understand which practice can be more effective based on individual needs and goals.
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States of "being" and of "doing" are both important in life, but most of us lean too heavily on the doing part. We will practice and discuss how to simply be present for our lives. This is the key to true rest and restoration.
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Effects of brief mindfulness meditation on compassion and personal distress using the socio-affective video task | Scientific Reports
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