Meditation practice that focuses on nurturing an awareness of the present may help people overcome problematic habits, according to findings published in the journal Mindfulness. After eight sessions of open monitoring meditation, participants were better at overcoming learned automated responses during...
Brief instruction in a focused attention form of meditation can foster interracial helping behavior, according to a randomized controlled trial published in Social Psychological and Personality Science. The research found that white people who received mindfulness meditation training were more...
New findings published in Frontiers in Psychology provide preliminary evidence that mantra meditation has a more positive impact when combined with other practices, such as yoga.
New research provides preliminary evidence that an intimacy practice called orgasmic meditation results in altered patterns of functional connectivity in the brain. The findings have been published in Frontiers in Psychology. Orgasmic meditation (OM) is a paired practice between two...
A longitudinal study published in Brain and Behavior surveyed victims of the Bataclan terrorist attack in Paris, France over a four and a half year period. The researchers found that survivors with greater trait mindfulness presented with fewer PTSD symptoms...
The uncertainties, loss and isolation of the COVID-19 pandemic and its associated restrictions have disrupted many people’s emotional well-being. This has been exacerbated by the constantly evolving public health guidelines and news stories, which increase anxiety and fear in many...
When Japanese chef Yoshihiro Murata travels, he brings water with him from Japan. He says this is the only way to make truly authentic dashi, the flavorful broth essential to Japanese cuisine. There’s science to back him up: water in...
Mindfulness meditation is known to improve mental health and wellness. One of the ways it is believed to do this is by simultaneously increasing focus and broadening attention, allowing one to attend to thoughts and sensations absent strong emotional reactions....
Mindfulness has been consistently linked to better relationship outcomes, with studies suggesting that couples who are mindful enjoy greater sexual and relationship satisfaction. New research published in the Journal of Sex and Marital Therapy suggests that the link between mindfulness...
Mindfulness training could help protect university students against stress and anxiety, according to a new randomized controlled trial published in BMC Psychology. The findings provide evidence that brief meditation sessions can help to reduce psychological distress. "My interest in mindfulness...
Meditation and mindfulness have been well-studied in individual contexts, but significantly less so as they impact relationships. The few studies that have looked at the effects of mindfulness on relationships and sexual satisfaction have suffered from homogenous population samples, which...
A wellness practice focused on intimate touch appears to enhance relationship closeness for both romantic and non-romantic partners, according to a new study published in PLOS One. "We were interested in whether a structured intimacy practice called Orgasmic Meditation (OM)...
New research offers evidence that school-based mindfulness training can improve cognitive control among children. The study, published in Human Brain Mapping, found that an 8-week mindfulness training improved sustained attention among sixth graders, and these improvements were linked to neural...
According to a recent study published in Scientific Reports, mindfulness training has the potential to improve relationship well-being. The researchers also found that relaxation interventions without mindfulness offer comparable benefits. Mindfulness — the practice of tuning one’s awareness to the...
Undergraduate students experience a variety of stressors in their day-to-day lives, including strict(er) deadlines, presenting academic work, writing an undergraduate thesis, social pressure to pursue a career, and investments of time and money without guarantee of a profitable or even...