Deconstructing Yourself

Back in October we posted an article about meditation helping students. While introducing mindfulness to students is incredibly important, shouldn’t teachers be learning to meditate too? I was very happy to come across this Science Daily article about just that. In a study of 82 teachers “The findings suggest that increased awareness of mental processes [...]

By Daniel Tomasulo, Ph.D. A recently published article in the Journal of Clinical Psychology by Kearney, McDermott, Malte, Martinez, and Simpson (2012) may have broad implications for veterans suffering with symptoms of Post-traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). These researchers demonstrated that engagement in mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) showed significant improvements after six months in reducing soldiers’ [...]

By Denise Reynolds RD Meditation is a mind-body practice in complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) in which a person learns to focus attention and become mindful of thoughts, feelings, and sensations. It can also bring about a state of greater calmness and physical relaxation. But did you also know that it can actually thicken the brain [...]

My friend Rick Hanson is a psychotherapist, meditation teacher, and author of the books, Buddha’s Brain and Just One Thing. In this post, he discusses the absurdity of taking life’s events personally, and gives some pointers on how to manifest this teaching in your life. — Michael by Rick Hanson Here’s an updated parable from the [...]