Against the backdrop of the Pacific Northwest, the film chronicles the life of an American railroad laborer in the early 20th ...

Director Anat Even’s first-person documentary was shot in the wake of the October 7th massacre, chronicling the devastation ...

Meditation can reduce stress and anxiety by lowering cortisol levels, the stress hormone. Mindfulness meditation involves focusing on the present without judgment and can be practiced during ...

With roots in ancient traditions like fire gazing and rhythmic chanting, meditation has evolved over thousands of years into the relaxing, healthful practice we know it as today. Modern technology has ...

Daily life can get loud, and meditation apps offer a simple way to carve out a little breathing room. You do not need experience to start, and you do not need to commit to long sessions either. Most ...

ABSTRACT: Meditation offers a controlled behavioral context for probing attention, arousal, and self-regulation. Rather than positioning the present work as a discovery of novel neural signatures, we ...

The morning of 9/11, I was on the rooftop of my building in Manhattan when someone ran up yelling that one of the towers had been hit. As we looked over to where the Twin Towers rose out of the sky, ...

A new study has found that a certain kind of meditation could reverse brain aging by an average of almost six years, while also potentially reducing risk of Alzheimer's and dementia. Referring to ...

Meditation is a simple way to promote a mind-body connection. With a little practice, you can learn to ease the effects of stress and gain peace of mind. It's an easy, no-cost way to enhance your ...

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Buddhist meditation, encompassing practices such as Samatha (focused attention), Vipassana (open monitoring), and Metta (loving-kindness), offers unique pathways for transforming consciousness beyond ...

Sumayah Fallatah, I became you, so I lost myself (detail), 2024, natural dye, screen printing on textile, cyanotype, 143 × 190 cm. Courtesy the artist Transformation is often gradual, as time heals, ...