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Your Brain on Meditation

quieting your noisy mind

If you have never tried to quiet your mind with meditation then you are in for a surprise: your mind is a very noisy place. Brain waves are the electrical movements in our brain, and they always happen, even when … Read More

10 Minutes to a Better Attention Span

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We’ve known for a long time that enjoying the benefits of meditation doesn’t require signing all your belongings over to a guru or retiring to a cave in Tibet. Modern science has demonstrated that a simple 10- to 15-minute meditation … Read More

Back Pain? 4 Ways to Eliminate It

Cymbalta helps back pain

Back pain is often considered a chronic condition, but for many it doesn’t have to be. Back pain relief may actually be simpler than you think. Here are four tricks that research studies have demonstrated to lessen back pain: 1. … Read More

Meditation Helps Your Brain Grow

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New research shows that even a small amount of meditation can help grow important brain fibers. An international research team from China and the University of Oregon found that only 11 hours of a specific type of meditation, integrative body-mind … Read More