Benefits of Meditation

Since the day about two years ago that he truly committed to the practice, George Stephanopoulos, anchor of Good Morning America, hasn’t missed a day of meditating. Watch the video

In the high-pressure environs of Bethesda, the ‘plague’ of our generation is claiming plenty of victims

By Stacy Colino
Published: Bethesda Magazine – May-June 2013

In the 1990s, Jennifer Stein was a litigation associate at a large D.C. law firm, working long hours, traveling extensively and “experiencing tons of pressure to be at the top of my game,” she recalls. “Then I got a great opportunity to argue an appeal in front of the U.S. Court ...

How to overcome self-defeating thoughts and actions

by Rebecca Gladding, M.D.

This Is Your Brain on Meditation
The science explaining why you should meditate every day
Published on May 22, 2013 by Rebecca Gladding, M.D. in Use Your Mind to Change Your Brain

I realized today that in all my posts regarding the brain and how to sculpt it with mindfulness, I’ve never actually explained how and why meditation works. Specifically, ...

It’s a piece of advice yogis have given for thousands of years: take a deep breath and relax. Watch the tension melt from your muscles and all your niggling worries vanish. Somehow we all know that relaxation is good for us.

Now the hard science has caught up: a comprehensive scientific study showing that deep relaxation changes our bodies on a genetic level has just been published. What researchers at Harvard Medical School discovered is that, in long-term practitioners of relaxation ...

By RICK NAUERT PHD Senior News Editor
Reviewed by John M. Grohol, Psy.D. on April 2, 2013
Published: Psych Central News

In a number of religious traditions, it is believed that meditation can improve compassion. Now, a study in the journal Psychological Science finds hard evidence to back that claim.

Recent research has already suggested meditation can help individuals lower stress and ease physical disorders such as hypertension or arthritis. The new study extends ...

By Laura Blue
Published: Time

Most doctors say meditation can’t hurt you, but now there’s reassuring evidence that it may help you as well when it comes to warding off disease.

Previous studies have linked better health outcomes among heart patients ...