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Stanford University Study Sheds Stunning New Light on the Relationship Between Breath, Meditation, and State of Mind
The relationship between human breathing and our minds and bodies is a long-standing scientific mystery. But it’s not as if we know nothing. We know that breathing, much like the heartbeat, is a mostly subconscious rhythmic process. It differs from the heartbeat,...
Here’s Why I Prescribe Meditation To All My Patients
Though we often recognize our need to maintain our physical health, we don’t realize that we cannot be physically healthy unless we are mentally healthy. Functional Medicine Practitioner William Cole, D.C. prescribes meditation to all of his clients due to the...
The Benefits Of Meditation In Business
Many individuals begin meditating as a way of coping with stress in their personal lives; however, several don’t know that meditation can positively affect their professional lives. As it turns out, there are many business owners, such as Founder of Bridgewater...
Meditation Can Actually Lead To Growth In Certain Regions Of The Brain
Research compiled by the Max Planck Institute of Human Cognitive and Brain Studies shows that different types of meditation can lead to growth in certain regions of the brain. This study explores three types of meditation - mindfulness meditation, loving kindness...
Why An Attentive Brain Makes You a More Empathetic Person
Meditation does wonders for your own life experience. It can make food taste better, it can help you perform better under the pressure of competition, it can open up creative pathways in your brain you didn’t know you had, and the list goes on from there. It’s no...
How Meditation Holds Your Attention in a 140 Character World
Our attention spans aren’t what they used to be. Technology and social media have literally re-wired our brains and made it more difficult to focus on any given task. We also have more entertainment options than ever before, which can play tricks on our dopamine...
Why Presence Is the Ultimate Sixth Sense
Attentiveness is not limited to just one sense. You can probably remember a time, maybe all the way back in elementary school days, when you were told to “pay attention,” so you consciously perked up your ears or fixed your gaze on whatever it was you needed to focus...
Stay In The Present Moment To Open Up the World Around You
Our perceptions of the world are clouded by bias. Whether conscious or (more likely) subconscious, we make associations with each moment, person and location we interact with on a daily basis. A bad memory here, an unfounded assumption there, and we can often stress...
Mind Games: Why Meditation And Sports Go Hand in Hand
The sports training montage is one of the great tropes in movies and TV: the athlete, often alone, shooting three pointers until sunrise, swimming laps to the point of exhaustion, doing pull-ups until hands bleed. Sports take a physical toll on the body, but athletes...
Why Meditation Should Replace Your Morning Coffee Habit
If you’re one of the millions of Americans who believes that life doesn’t start until after coffee, you know how caffeine can put your mind and body in overdrive. Like any stimulant, caffeine can in fact make you more productive on the surface, which is what often...
Say Hello to Flow – And How Meditation Can Help You Live In It
Have you ever gone for a run and fixed your gaze at the horizon ahead of you, not even thinking about the movement of your body? Have you lost track of the hours as day turned into night while engrossed in painting, writing or building something? Have you ever...
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