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The One Purpose We All Share in Life
Do you ever feel pressure to "find your purpose"? You don't need to stress. There's one purpose we all share, and it's easily accessible.
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Mindfulness goes to school
Our kids are back to the routine of school. The energy is high as we walk through the hallways, with lots of chatter and sharing events from the prior day. But high energy doesn't always translate well to listening and focusing on tasks at hand in the classroom. Some schools around the country are turning...
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Andrew Sullivan: My Distraction Sickness - and Yours
An endless bombardment of news and gossip and images has rendered us manic information addicts. It broke me. It might break you, too.
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Scientist vs Mystic | A Conversation about Cosmos, Brain and Reality | David Eagleman and Sadguru
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Things You Need to Simplify to Enjoy Your Life More
Want to live a less stressful, more enjoyable life? Simplify. This may help you declutter your space and your mind so you can do just that.
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How Yoga Turns You Superhuman or Just Less Freaked Out About Life
It trains the body, mind, and everything in between.
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My Doubts about Deepak Chopra and the Monetization of Meditation
Has the holistic-health mogul overstated the health benefits of meditation and other spiritual practices?
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How To Condition Your Mind
If I asked how you train your mind, what would you say? “I read a lot.” “I meditate for an hour every day.” “I journal every night.” If any of those things are true, then you’re doing a great job of feeding your mind. But what happens when you feed yourself and don’t workout? You get flabby. People who hit the gym regularly have bodies that show it. The same is true for people who condition their minds. Conditioning isn’t about feeding your brain new information or finding productivity “hacks,” it’s about creating a training routine for your mind.
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‘Meditating mice’ reveal secrets of mindfulness training
Can a mouse be mindful? Researchers believe they have created the world’s first mouse model of meditation by using light to trigger brain activity similar to what meditation induces. The mice involved appeared less anxious, too. Human experiments show that meditation reduces anxiety, lowers levels of stress hormones and improves attention and cognition. In one study of the effects of two to four weeks of meditation training, Michael Posner of the University of Oregon and colleagues discovered changes in the white matter in volunteers’ brains, related to the efficiency of communication between different brain regions. The changes, picked up i
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How Mindfulness Helps You Cultivate a Teflon Mind - Mindful
Sometimes negative thoughts and feelings need to roll off of us.
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Meditation and the Psychedelic Drug Ayahuasca Seem to Change the Brain in Surprisingly Similar Ways
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Get Rid of Bad Karma
Bad Karma is when your life choices have made you into miserable person, a person that you don't enjoy being. But you can change your state of mind...
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Tibetan Monks Create Wildly Intricate Sand Painting In Meditative Masterpiece
The mandala is a spiritual symbol that represents the universe. Literally translating to “center and its surroundings,” mandalas always contain a center point and a circle, surrounded by some sort of symmetrical design. They’re created from sand, on paper or cloth, or built as three-dimensional models, always meticulously visualized and assembled to yield a deeper meaning.
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NSFW Delayed orgasm: the sexual technique that‘s better than sex
What if we could expand ecstasy, reduce stress and lift depression, all by delaying and extending orgasm?
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Silicon Valley is obsessed with meditation, and there’s new evidence it changes the brain for the better
The idea of sitting in a quiet room doing nothing for a few minutes each day might sound absurd — unless you understand how meditation works. By giving our bustling mind a dedicated break from its day-to-day worries, meditation appears to empower it to run more efficiently. A growing body of research suggests that even a few minutes of a daily mindfulness practice is linked to lower stress levels, more positivity, better focus, and creativity.
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Recent Study Shows How Yoga May Age-Proof the Brain
Want to keep your brain healthy and sharp as you age? Keep practicing yoga. A recent study of healthy older women who practiced hatha yoga for at least eight years found that they had significantly greater cortical thickness (CT) in regions of the brain related to cognitive functions (attention and working memory) than a group of matched controls, which may be associated with cognitive preservation, the authors say.
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Different meditation types train distinct parts of your brain
Just like physical exercise, the kind of improvements you get with meditation depend on exactly how you train
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Instead of detention, these students get meditation
Into a room of pillows and lavender, an elementary school student walks, enraged. He's just been made fun of by another student, an altercation that turned to pushing and name-calling. But rather than detention or the principal's office, his teacher sent him here, to Robert W. Coleman Elementary School's meditation room.
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Diaphragmatic Breathing Exercises and Your Vagus Nerve
Vagus Nerve Survival Guide: Phase One (This entry is first in a 9 part series.) By Christopher Bergland.
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Seeking spirituality as Australia becomes less religious
Whether it's through meditation, yoga, or other alternative practices, Australians are adapting to meet their own spiritual needs outside of traditional religions. Located in the heart of Sydney's bustling CBD, Centred Meditation provides a space for workers to stop and meditate. For some, it's a chance to de-stress during their busy day, while others come looking for something more.
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