May is Mental Health Awareness Month and Dora Kamau, lead mindfulness teacher at Headspace, stopped by Studio 1A to break down the difference between mindfulness and meditation. K ...

Scroll down for a transcription of this episode. Jeopardy! champion Amy Schneider tries a body scan meditation to sharpen her focus and calm her nerves as she prepares for the Tournament of Champions.

The mindfulness-based stress reduction group also showed a clear pattern of improvement over time, with both baseline and ...

When life feels uncertain, your mind often races—thinking about “what ifs” and worst-case scenarios. That’s a normal response to stress. But staying stuck in those thoughts can increase anxiety, ...

Brain scans reveal that mindfulness meditation engages different neural pathways compared to placebo, demonstrating that pain relief from mindfulness meditation is not the result of the placebo effect ...

Source: Image by OpenClipart-Vectors from Pixabay, altered with Photomania This post concerns the second of what I've coined as the "core four" brief but potent meditation tactics. In contrast to the ...

Stress has quietly become a part of everyday life. Work deadlines, family responsibilities, financial pressure, social media overload, and constant notifications can leave people feeling mentally ...

A growing body of research is highlighting the benefits of non-medication mental health approaches such as mindfulness, nature-based activities, and social connection. Studies show these strategies ...

These brain scans show different neural signatures associated with pain response: the NAPS (left) is associated with the emotional experience of pain, the SIIPS-1 (center) is related to our ...