Meditation vs Panic Attacks: Guess Which One Wins?
By Lucy Yardley Anxiety and depression are officially the two most common mental conditions in the United States, with anxiety
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Positive Reflections – Letting Go Of The Strings (Meditation)
Letting Go Of The Strings (Meditation) I sit down comfortably and I begin to relax my body taking advantage of
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The Power To Transform Emotions As with feelings, when emotions are aroused, there are physical changes inside the body in
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Stepping Inside One aspect of meditation is that it teaches us to face life from the inside. It takes us
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Meditations Can Build a Bigger Brain.
Many people who meditate regularly have better focus and control over their emotions, reduced levels of stress, and bolstered immune systems, but does meditation do anything to the brain structure itself?
Eileen Luders and colleagues at UCLA used MRI to scan the brains of people who meditate to find out. They examined 44 people (22 control subjects and 22 who had practiced various forms of meditation) who had practiced an average of 24 years. Meditators showed significantly larger volumes in regions known for regulating emotions.
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