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By Cardiff University Designed by researchers at Cardiff University, the Web Wellbeing Experience study will assess the impact of Loving-Kindness Meditation (LKM) and light physical exercise on the health of participants from a range of backgrounds and abilities. LKM is a meditation technique that has proven to increase positive emotions, psychological resources, helping behaviour and [...]
By Charlotte Kaye A large scale study published last year shows evidence that workers who used Sahaja Yoga meditation, a kind of ‘mental-silence’ meditation, were less stressed and depressed compared to workers who used traditional relaxation techniques, or no treatment. What did the study involve? Researchers at Sydney University recruited volunteers who were working full-time [...]
Date: July 28th 2011 Source: ABC news ‘A quiet explosion of new research indicating that meditation can physically change the brain in astonishing ways has started to push into mainstream. Several studies suggest that these changes through meditation can make you happier, less stressed — even nicer to other people….’
Date: 15th July 2011 Source: Times of India ”A study at UCLA has found that long term meditators had more grey matter and showed less brain atrophy than other individuals. Eileen Luders, a visiting assistant professor at the UCLA Laboratory of Neuro Imaging, and colleagues found that the differences between meditators…”
Date: 1st July 2011 Source: Reuters Health “A therapy that combines mindfulness meditation and gentle yoga may help soothe symptoms of irritable bowel syndrome, a small clinical trial suggests. In a study of 75 women with the digestive disorder, researchers found that…”
Bethany Shackleton is a PhD student at the University of Manchester where she is studying the effects of Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy on psoriasis. We caught up with her to find out more…. So Bethany, can you tell us a bit more about your study and why you chose this particular study? This study is [...]