April 2018

Meditation and Cognitive Gains

Meditation and Cognitive Gains: Positive Cognitive Changes 7 Years After Meditation Retreat The Shamantha Project has revealed something that has even caught the attention of the Dalai Lama: meditation improves our attention spans. The project, led by researchers at the University of California, Davis, Center for Mind and Brain, is a first of its kind

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Meditation for Stress Management

Meditation For Stress Management Three simple tips of how meditation for stress management allows you to improve your mind. Diet, exercise and the use of some medications can help stabilise and improve our brain and memory health. But one decades-old  technique known as Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) may be just the thing that can help

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Can Old Brains Grow

  Can Old Brains Grow? It’s my son’s 9th birthday this Saturday. I know – I can’t believe it either. Too fast, too big – oh my how they change. I seem to be rolling out every parent’s observation. What’s interesting about this and the reason I mention this is that since his birth to

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Fit Bodies At 70 But No Minds

  Fit Bodies At 70 But No Minds! What Everyone Ought To Know About Preventing Dementia “My waiting room is filled with 70-year-olds with the bodies of 40-year-olds and no minds” a neurologist was quoted by Maria Shriver (yes the former first Lady of California) who is championing mind health as part of her Women’s

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