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Conversations on Wisdom: Amishi Jha

By Jeannie Ngoc Boulware — 2015

In this conversation, Dr. Jha discusses attention in high stress groups, the benefits of mindfulness practice in incarcerated youth, and bringing wisdom traditions to the forefront of science.

Read on wisdomcenter.uchicago.edu

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Stress Makes Us Strong: How Meditation Helps

Stressing the body makes you stronger—as long as you have time to rest and recover.

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Lorin Roche
2021
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Meditation for Self-Mastery

Through the practice of meditation, there are certain changes that happen in the mind. One of the most important changes is that you become master of your mind.

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Sri Swami Satchidananda
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The Power of the Relaxation Response

A behavioral medicine pioneer reports on a time-tested technique that reverses aging and improves health.

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Sara Martin
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Yoga May Be Good for the Brain

A weekly routine of yoga and meditation may strengthen thinking skills and help to stave off aging-related mental decline, according to a new study of older adults with early signs of memory problems.

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Gretchen Reynolds
2016
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Thai Boys Who Were Trapped in Cave Had a Powerful Survival Tool

It’s a captivating image: a dozen pre-teen and teen boys trapped in a cave for 10 days, only to be found by rescuers mysteriously calm, composed . . . perhaps even meditating.

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Ralph De La Rosa
2018
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What Meditation Can Do for Your Mind, Mood, and Health

Taking a few minutes to focus your mind each day can reduce stress, pain, depression, and more.

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Harvard Health Publishing
2014
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How to Practice Basic Meditation for Stress Management

Meditation has many health benefits and is a highly effective way to relieve stress and maintain a healthier lifestyle. With practice, meditation becomes both more of an easy habit to maintain and more of an effective one as well, given that it builds resilience to stress over time.

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Elizabeth Scott
2020
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Are You Working too Hard?

We all know that unmanaged stress can be destructive. But are there positive sides to stress as well?

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Bronwyn Fryer
2005
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Dr. Herbert Benson’s Relaxation Response

Learn to counteract the physiological effects of stress.

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Marilyn Mitchell
2013
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The Lama in the Lab: Neuroscience and Meditation

Daniel Goleman reports on the Dalai Lama and the dialog between science and Buddhism, especially on how neuroscientists are measuring the effects of meditation.

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Daniel Goleman
2013
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