The extraordinary effect of mindfulness on depression and anxiety
03:40 min
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This is a clip from the feature documentary “A Joyful Mind.”
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Renowned neuroscientist Richard Davidson is finding that happiness is something we can cultivate and a skill that can be learned. Working with the Dalai Lama, Davidson is investigating the far-reaching impact of mindfulness, meditation, and the cultivation of kindness on human health and well-being.
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Davidson describes what he describes as "contemplative neuroscience."
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The impact of meditation on cultivating more positive emotional qualities.
In the last twenty years, meditation and mindfulness have gone from being kind of cool to becoming an omnipresent Band-Aid for fixing everything from your weight to your relationship to your achievement level.
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“Why is it that some people are more vulnerable to life’s slings and arrows and others more resilient?” In this eye-opening talk, Richard Davidson discusses how mindfulness can improve well-being and outlines strategies to boost four components of a healthy mind: awareness, connection,...
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Neuroscientist Richard Davidson presents his research on how social and emotional learning can affect the brain.