Can Meditation Help with Quiting Smoking? The results of 13 studies of mindfulness-based interventions for stopping smoking had promising results regarding craving, smoking cessation, and relapse prevention, a 2015 research review found. However, the studies had many limitations. Findings from a 2013 review suggest that meditation-based therapies may help people quit smoking; however, the small …
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Meditation and The Brain
Meditation has been correlated to with a number of phenomenological benefits. One phenomenon not covered yet is that of meditation and the brain. A study and a medical review, done by the laboratory of Imaging in UCLA, attempted to correlate meditation to reduced age-related brain degeneration and increased gyrification. (Gyrification relates to folds on the …
Meditation May Help Prevent the Cold and Flu
A 2012 study by the University of Wisconsin attempted to resolve whether mindful meditation was more effective than exercising and non exercising control groups. For this, adults 50 years and older were assigned to 1 of 3 groups and given either an 8-week course in mindfulness meditation by Jon Kabat, 8-weeks of exercise, or observational …
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The Negative Effects Of Meditation – What do we know
Can meditation be bad for you? It depends on who you ask!