Neuroscientist Matthew Sacchet is revealing how mastering meditation can not only enable transcendental states of bliss, but ...

We live in a world overrun by stress. The pace and complexity of modern life has greatly challenged our ability to live healthily and fully in the present moment. While stress is omnipresent in each ...

Are you stressed? Worried? Burnt out? Then I have a simple suggestion: pick up an instrument. Why? Well, because I believe learning guitar is the best thing you can do to soothe your gnashing brain.

Some meditation buffs bill the practice as a panacea. Mindfulness fans swear that, with meditation, depression and anxiety will dissipate, period cramps will be gone, and chronic pain will ease. We’re ...

I’ve never been one for Zen koans. They’ve always seemed to me to be trick questions designed to produce insights that simple, undivided observation can engender. But here’s a kind of koan: What is ...

The events of the past few months have taught us, among other things, how little control we have over our destiny. A major crisis, such as the Covid-19 pandemic, can come unexpectedly at any point of ...

Meditation and foreign language training does not boost cognitive function in cognitively healthy older adults, a new study suggests. The findings are similar to results from another study published ...

As kids head back to school in September, some will find their teachers focusing not just on developing their intellects but also their "mental brawn," to help adolescent brains cope better with today ...

Modern education faces challenges of digital overload and rising anxiety, necessitating mindfulness practices.