By Christopher Bergland — 2018
Loving-kindness meditation and compassion training boost empathic resilience.
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Greed is good. War is inevitable. Whether in political theory or popular culture, human nature is often portrayed as selfish and power hungry.
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It’s time for a kindness revolution.
Neuroscientist Dr. Alarik Arenander explains how the vibration of sound can create order in a disorganized cell and healing in the body. "Everything in life is vibration" - Albert Einstein.
This is a clip from the feature documentary “A Joyful Mind.”
Meditation has never been so popular. But can it really make you smarter, happier and healthier? New research shows that it can affect the body as well as the mind, slow down the aging process, and even alter the structure of the brain.
In this video clip taken from the Buddhist Geeks Conference 2011, Kelly McGonigal explores the neuroscience of meditation to help us understand how practice shapes the mind, and offers fresh insight into concepts like mindfulness and suffering.
It is Dr. Patrick’s goal to challenge the status quo and encourage the wider public to think about health and longevity using a proactive, preventative approach.
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Daniel Goleman, author of Emotional Intelligence, asks why we aren’t more compassionate more of the time.
Can we cultivate well-being in the same way that we can train our bodies to be healthier and more resilient? If so, how might we use the practice of meditation to experience equanimity, to open our hearts fully to others, and to cultivate insight and wisdom? In this workshop, two world-renowned...
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“My mind is so busy, I really need to meditate.” “My mind is so busy, there’s no way I can meditate.