Will Baum, LCSW Psychotherapy

Tag: meditation

  • Stretch Your Mood

    Yoga, meditation, pets, nature, and 15 other mood helpers. Meditation Can Improve Brain Function (PsychCentral) 15 Ways to Help Treat Depression Naturally (WebMD) New study finds new connection between yoga and mood (ScienceDaily) Do Pets Help with Depression and Stress? (WebMD)

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  • Brains Like Meditation

    ScienceDaily:  Integrative body-mind training (IBMT) meditation found to boost brain connectivity Just 11 hours of learning a meditation technique induces positive structural changes in brain connectivity by boosting efficiency in a part of the brain that helps a person regulate behavior in accordance with their goals, researchers report…

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  • Meditation Brain

    A study looks at the different brain waves associated with three different types of meditation. Focused attention, characterized by beta/gamma activity, included meditations from Tibetan Buddhist (loving kindness and compassion), Buddhist (Zen and Diamond Way), and Chinese (Qigong) traditions. Open monitoring, characterized by theta activity, included meditations from Buddhist (Mindfulness, and ZaZen), Chinese (Qigong), and…

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  • The Wisdom of Insecurity

    Worry a lot?  To consider: The Wisdom of Insecurity by Alan Watts. You may know Alan Watts from oft-broadcast lectures–eager audience hanging on every wryly wise, British-accented utterance.  (Lectures can be sampled via this podcast or downloads around the net.) In this short book, Watts takes on worry and anxiety–a.k.a. insecurity.  He argues that to live is…

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  • Meditation and Attention Span

    PsychCentral reports on a study that shows improved attention span–long-term–following a meditation retreat. “People may think meditation is something that makes you feel good and going on a meditation retreat is like going on vacation, and you get to be at peace with yourself.  That’s what people think until they try it. Then you realize how…

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