Meditation News

Waterloo - Attending university can be a stressful experience for many and lowering anxiety helps with the student experience. A new Canadian study finds that variety is important to nudge large groups of students to engage in anxiety-relieving behaviour.

New York - It is 5 pm, otherwise known as rush hour in Manhattan. Julia Lyons, 31, finishes work and heads straight for her daily dose of peace and quiet -- half an hour at meditation studio "Mndfl.

A new app, called Aura, combines mindfulness meditations with machine learning to fight stress and anxiety. The developers state the app to be the first meditation app to combine machine-learning with three-minute mindfulness meditations.

Researchers from the University of Chicago have found that the continuous practice of meditation and ballet can help increase a person's wisdom.

Meditation has long been associated with spiritual awakening and deep relaxation, but we uncover the roots of a particular mode of meditation launched by Sri Chinmoy, an Indian spiritual guru whose meditative theories extended into the athletic world.

Researchers at the Keck School of Medicine at the University of Southern California have found that a brief session of mindfulness meditation can help individuals sleep better.

A new study from the Brain Mapping Center at the University of California at Los Angeles, shows that meditating daily over a few years can reduce age-related memory loss.

The benefits of mediation have long been extolled by those who practice it, but it’s only recently that the rest of the world has begun to take note. So what exactly is it about meditation that is enticing so many?

Stockholm - Group meditation classes improve depression and anxiety just as well as expensive private therapy sessions, according to a brand new study.

A new study has concluded that meditation can enhance creativity in individuals even when they have no prior experience of meditation techniques.

Research from INSEAD and The Wharton School research shows that 15 minutes of mindfulness meditation can help us think more rationally and make more profitable decisions.

Port Hope - I recently had the opportunity to do a weekend getaway at Ste. Anne’s Family of Spas, just over an hour east of Toronto. The original Ste. Anne’s location is located on over 500 acres of rolling hills near Grafton, Ontario in Northumberland County.

With depression rates growing continuously every year, two reports recently published in IONS may offer more insight and help.

George Town - Books can heal you and reading good books is more than a hobby, it's a therapy in itself, says psychotherapist Dr. Richard Singer.

Boston - Meditation not only calms down an agitated brain but also causes structural changes in the brain that can improve several functions, as found by a news research study conducted in Boston, Massachusetts.

Have you ever tried practicing meditation? Do you enjoy being in solitude?

For the past 40 years, meditation has been slowly joining the ranks of western medicine techniques to help the mind and the body. It is something that anyone can do and you don't have to be a Buddhist to get great results.