A new study published in the journal Mindfulness has found that high-precision brain training can help novice meditators ...

MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. (WBTW) — Many of us make resolutions heading into the New Year to better ourselves — but we also find those resolutions are often abandoned after just a few, short weeks. One method ...

Research has found that meditation can offer many health benefits, from reducing anxiety and depression, to lowering blood pressure and stress, to protecting the heart, to boosting mood, peace and joy ...

Listening to the daily news, with stories of war and conflict, can be disheartening. Unsurprisingly, data suggest that a majority of Americans feel exhausted and hopeless when they think about ...

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Sleep is essential to our physical and mental well-being, yet millions of people struggle to get the quality rest they need each night. Whether due to stress, anxiety, poor sleep habits, or an ...

The health benefits of meditation and other strategies aimed at stress reduction are thought to stem from increasing levels of overall mindfulness through practice. Elements of mindfulness are also ...

The first time Marcelle Hutchins sat down to meditate, she put on a guided session, relaxed her shoulders and tried to close her eyes. She lasted two minutes. “I had a deadline, and I thought, ’I ...

“Although the practice of meditation is associated with a sense of peacefulness and physical relaxation, practitioners have long claimed that meditation also provides cognitive and psychological ...

Serial entrepreneur Ben Casnocha has long been interested in meditation’s potential to reduce stress. But in 2012, he delved into it seriously–really seriously–through silent meditation retreats. He ...

Mindful meditation is a type of meditation (which is an exercise of deep, prolonged concentration) during which any feelings, emotions or thoughts are experienced as and when they arise during the ...