Scientists love studying meditators’ magnificent, "depression-free" brains. From transforming psychology, to rewiring thought, to massively upgrading physiology, here we discuss why meditation dominates depression.
When we break our leg, its size and strength slowly dwindle away inside our orthopedic cast. When depression has us on the ropes, our brain's hippocampus slowly wastes away inside our noggin. Luckily, meditation reverses this atrophy.
Scientists estimate the number of human thoughts at around 70,000 per day, meaning a worried, anxious mind can literally generate a new negative thought every couple of seconds! Luckily, meditation quiets the mind beautifully.
Between your magnificently complex brain's 100 billion neurons are a web-like network of "neurotransmitters." When levels run on empty, our stress defense shield drops — making us highly vulnerable to anxiety. Crank them up with meditation.
A recent study revealed that people were happiest when in a kind of fully immersed, deeply absorbed, present mind state. With our attention spans lower than ever, anxiety levels are higher than ever. Return to the present with meditation.
Like a wildfire, inflammation can fan its flames into something very big. Chronic inflammation, especially within the brain, is a self perpetuating, highly toxic condition — perfect for anxiety to proliferate. Extinguish it with meditation.
All of us require food, warmth, water, and sleep. But, is it also built into human DNA to crave doom & gloom? Is being afraid & worrying all the time human nature or did we get here through nurture? Here's how meditation deactivates fear.
Why is exercise so effective at relieving anxiety, a mental disorder? With "endorphins" topping the list, these nifty neurotransmitters dramatically improve our brain, erase stress, elevate mood, & more. Fill yours up with meditation.
From dark caves to sunlit skyscrapers, from incoherent grunting to the world wide web, from muddy riverbanks to the far reaches of the solar system, we owe everything to our prefrontal cortex. How meditation builds it up, destroys anxiety.
It's been said that the human mind is like a room full of monkeys, jumping around, chattering endlessly, carrying on all day & night. The loudest of them all is fear, their highly influential troop leader. Here's how meditation tames them.
Times are stressful. The mounting career, relationship, & family commitments we face makes living in this chaotic world all the more difficult. Pile on our connected devices, & only a master can maintain a calm mind. Unless you meditate.
Your whole essence as a human being, from your biological makeup to your thoughts, moods, & emotions (especially anxiety) show within your brainwave patterns. How meditation soothes & calms your anxious "beta" brainwaves.
Not having enough of this "calm chemical" can create an array of problems, including anxiety, nervousness, racing thoughts, sleeplessness, and most of all: bad habits. Here's how meditation uncaps the firehose.
We all know it. We have all felt it. Anger. For those of us with anger issues, our health, our work, our relationships, & our whole quality of life are dictated by one supreme ruler. Here's why meditators stay cool & calm no matter what.
When it comes to slaying Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD), meditation is the proverbial magic bullet. Here, we discuss eight psychological and biological reasons meditation is the key to conquering this multilayered disease.
An incredibly complex disease, Bipolar disorder has an interwoven variety of biological, psychological, and sociological contributing factors. From a variety of angles, we discuss how meditation neutralizes Bipolar disorder.
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