Tag: stress

  • Breathing v. Stress

    The NYT illustrates some approaches to  controlled breathing: Controlled breathing…has been shown to reduce stress, increase alertness and boost your immune system. For centuries yogis have used breath control, or pranayama, to promote concentration and improve vitality. Buddha advocated breath-meditation as a way to reach enlightenment. Science is just beginning to provide evidence that the…

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  • Meditation Brain Changes

    How Meditation May Change the Brain (NYT): [S]cientists say that meditators…may be benefiting from changes in their brains. The researchers report that those who meditated for about 30 minutes a day for eight weeks had measurable changes in gray-matter density in parts of the brain associated with memory, sense of self, empathy and stress.

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  • Good Vibrations

    Positive Vibes Really Do Protect Health (PsychCentral): An evidence-based review of published literature finds support for the premise that feeling good may be good for your health…“We all age. It is how we age, however, that determines the quality of our lives,” said Anthony Ong, Ph.D., of Cornell University, author of the review article. The…

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  • Stressed in L.A.

      The APA’s “Stress in America” survey has some things to say about living in Los Angeles. –Almost three in 10 (29 percent) residents report having a great deal of stress (defined as an 8, 9 or 10 on a scale of 1 to 10), compared to 24 percent of Americans overall. –LA residents are…

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  • MBSR, Year One

    On my blog at Psychology Today, a brief interview with Trudy Goodman about the dawn of Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction in anticipation of Jon Kabat-Zinn’s UCLA appearance this Wednesday. Full Catastrophe Living (pictured) is Kabat-Zinn’s big book of MBSR.  If you’re just curious and testing out mindfulness, you might try Wherever You Go, There You Are…

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