Information on the scientific basis and effects of sitting meditation.
What happens when you bring together a long-time meditation teacher interested in advanced mathematics and science with a Harvard neuroscientist who is an avid meditator? You get the Harvard Brain Study on Shinzen Young Meditators. Together, Shinzen Young and Dave Vago have teamed-up to investigate what happens in the brain when you apply Shinzen Young’s … [Read more…]
Check out this AOL/Huffington Post video which talks about the ways sitting practice can help with people who suffer pain or even chronic pain from things like surgery and chemotherapy: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/01/29/meditation-benefits-pain-relief_n_2535181.html?utm_hp_ref=gps-for-the-soul&ncid=edlinkusaolp00000009
“It’s like doing pushups for the brain.” Sound familiar? Maybe because it echoes the motto of The Sitting Project: “Like Going To The Gym For Your Mind”. But the statement comes from 58-year old Maj. Gen. Melvin Spiese, according to an Associated Press article. “‘Mindfulness-based Mind Fitness Training’ or ‘M-Fit’ was designed by former U.S. … [Read more…]
Check out this talk by Harvard Neuroscientist Jill Bolte Taylor as she discusses her experience of having a stroke that shut down the left hemisphere of her brain and how that affected her ability to be present.