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Mindfulness worked as well for anxiety as drug in study

Mindfulness meditation appears to work as well as a standard drug to treat anxiety

The Independent UK · Nov 9, 2022

Meditation works as well as a popular drug to reduce anxiety, study finds

Researchers compared a practice of daily mindfulness meditation to taking Lexapro to control anxiety symptoms. The meditators got equivalent relief, without the side effects.

WEKU · Nov 9, 2022

Anchorage Zen Community seeks awareness sitting in silence

For more than three decades, members of the Anchorage Zen Community have gathered in unusual venues with the same intention: simply to sit and meditate in silence

The Independent UK · Nov 7, 2022

Fermented foods and fibre may lower stress levels – new study

When it comes to dealing with stress, we’re often told the best things we can do are exercise, make time for our favourite activities or try meditation or mindfulness.

The Conversation · Oct 27, 2022

Dean Holden opens up on Bristol City dismissal, a chat with Steve Lansdown and tough obstacles

Dean Holden wanted yoga instructors and meditation experts but was hampered at the height of Covid

Bristol Post · Oct 25, 2022

Meditation literally changes how your brain's neurons move

Mindfulness-Oriented Recovery Enhancement (MORE) shows promise as a way to treat addiction, but also implies that meditating can be useful outside that context.

Inverse · Oct 24, 2022

Hollow Earth review – digging deep into the curious history of caves in art

Everything from lava paintings to cave perfumes via ceramic grenades feature in this exhibition: a glorious meditation on geology, early art and shamanic visions

The Guardian - UK · Oct 21, 2022

Could Meditation Help Protect Against Alzheimer’s?

Meditation could protect older people against Alzheimer’s, according to new research.

Zenger · Oct 13, 2022

Does mindfulness change the brain? Research fractures structural hypothesis

Some research suggests practicing mindfulness can change brain structure, increase gray matter volume, and may induce neuroplasticity, but other trials disagree.

Inverse · Oct 11, 2022

How to create an Ayurvedic skin care routine?

Longer than long ago, health and beauty were considered short lived. The average adult life expectancy was about 30 years. Human beings let nature take its toll. Then over 5000 years ago Aryan sages searched within the vast resources of nature to extend this ephemeral health and beauty to a…

The Times of India · Oct 11, 2022