Anxiety
Trapped in the Box We Call Pain
Without it, we wouldn’t know we’re alive and we couldn’t tell if we’ve been hurt. But too much of it can become an all-consuming drain on our attention. Read More 
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18 Science-Based Reasons to Try Loving-Kindness Meditation
Emma Seppälä looks at the emerging science around the benefits of loving-kindness meditation. Read More
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Chronic Pain and Meditation
The Atlantic explores how meditation helps with pain and, in some cases, could alleviate healthcare costs. Read More
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Mindfulness and student nurses
Next month, the University of Stirling in Scotland will begin a four-week mindfulness training program for trainee nurses. The university wants to study the effectiveness of training student nurses in mindfulness-based practices to reduce stress levels. Read More
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Study: Mindfulness reduces suffering associated with pain
A new study published (ahead of print) in the journal Cerebral Cortex suggests that the way in which meditators cope with pain is much different than other, more typical coping mechanisms. Read More
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7 Tips for Getting More Sleep
Rick Hanson offers tips for getting a better night's rest. Read More
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AOL’s Healthy Living Features Mindfulness
AOL/Huffington Post’s new Healthy Living pages launched today, with a category devoted to Mindfulness under its “Spirit” section. The other three categories in the section are Spiritual Development, Forgiveness, and Wisdom. Posts in the mindfulness section feature such writers as Susan Kaiser Greenland, Dan Goleman and Rick Hanson. One post,… Read More
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Asthma Cases Up… Don’t Forget Meditation!
Asthma cases in the U.S. are on the rise, and mindfulness has been shown to help mitigate attacks. Yesterday the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention revealed new statistics indicating that nearly 1 in 12 Americans were diagnosed with asthma by 2009. The Vital Signs report found that people diagnosed with asthma in… Read More
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The Healing Power of Mindfulness
Mindfulness: what it does, how to do it, why it works—A discussion with a distinguished panel of experts. Read More
Anxiety
Suffering Is Optional
Physical pain is unavoidable, but meditation practice can ease the mental suffering that often accompanies it. Susan Smalley and Diana Winston teach us how. Read More
