Benefits of Mindulness & Meditation

  • “Young adults with social phobia and anxiety, people with recurrent depression and cancer patients all benefit significantly from following an eight-week programme with mindfulness. This is the conclusion of three Danish studies, which have been published in major clinical psychology journals and which have now been gathered in a PhD thesis.” Read full article…  …

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  • Article on how mindfulness in the workplace improves people’s focus, capacity for rapport and connection by Daniel Goleman, author of Emotional Intelligence.  Includes some links to mindfulness techniques.     “Some consultants tell me that the number one problem in the workplace today is attention. People are distracted. They’re in a state of what’s called…

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  • Great article in The Daily Telegraph (UK)  highlighting various studies of mindfulness meditation, it’s benefits and growth in the mainstream corporate world as well as in Oncology. “Earlier this year, Dr. Hoffman’s study was published online by the Journal of Oncology and the results show, for the first time, that the use of Mindfulness offers…

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  • Psychology Today reports on a study by neuroscientists which shows that meditation alters brain activity in a positive way. “The brain waves of meditators show why they’re healthier. Neuroscientists have found that meditators shift their     brain activity to different areas of the cortex—brain waves in the stress-prone right frontal cortex move to the calmer left…

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  • Mindfulness meditation helps improve focus at work, reduces stress and increases concentration new study finds. Who would’ve guessed?  Reported in USA Today by Darren Calabrese . “All sorts of gizmos and gadgets can help you be more productive at work, and theories abound on how you should structure your days to get more done.  But…

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  • Oxford University study indicates that Mindfulness Based Meditation assists in wellness of people who have recurrent depressive episodes. “People with severe and recurrent depression could benefit from a new form of therapy that combines ancient forms of meditation with modern cognitive behaviour therapy, early-stage research by Oxford University psychologists suggests.” Read full article.

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