by Madeline | Oct 2, 2025 | Alternative & Complementary Medicine, Complementary Practices, disease, Health, Healthcare, Integrative Medicine, Longevity, MBSR, meditation, Mindfulness, Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction, science, stress, Uncategorized
Meditation has a lot of benefits for those who practice regularly. New studies are suggesting that meditation can even help slow down the complicated process of aging. While the work is still new, it’s quite interesting and finds support in a wide variety of studies....
by Madeline | Mar 28, 2025 | Connection, Formal Practice, Informal Practice, inner peace, interconnection, meditation, Mindfulness, nature, Practice, science
Twenty-five hundred years ago, the Buddha meditated under the Bodhi tree. He was outside, in nature, when he attained enlightenment – not inside a monastery or palace. Whether you believe the story to be myth or history, people have long known that there is wisdom,...
by Madeline | May 4, 2025 | Alternative & Complementary Medicine, Complementary Practices, disease, Health, inflammation, Integrative Medicine, MBSR, meditation, Mindfulness, Pain, science, stress
While interest in mindfulness meditation as a stress reliever has grown through the years, there’s been little evidence to support that it helps those suffering from chronic inflammation conditions in which psychological stress plays a major role. Until now. A...
by Madeline | Oct 15, 2025 | anxiety, Behavior Change, Health, MBSR, meditation, Mindfulness, Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction, non-judgment, non-striving, science, stress, Uncategorized, Workplace Mindfulness
Job pressures are the No. 2 cause of stress after financial worries, a recent survey shows. And while most of us struggle to manage the stress of a demanding boss or a mounting workload on our own, savvy employers are stepping in to help both their employees and their...
by Madeline | Oct 9, 2025 | Alternative & Complementary Medicine, Complementary Practices, Health, Healthcare, Integrative Medicine, Jon Kabat-Zinn, MBSR, meditation, Mindfulness, Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction, science, stress
An absorbing interview with the founder of Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) and a pioneer in bringing the gift of mindfulness to the Western world.
by Madeline | Jul 15, 2025 | anxiety, Behavior Change, Complementary Practices, depression, despair, Health, Healthcare, Integrative Medicine, meditation, Mindfulness, Pain, Practice, sadness, science
Past Ten Years of Research Say “Yes” Chronic pain affects 30 to 40 million U.S. adults, costing an estimated $600 billion a year. But researchers have learned more about the physiology of pain in the past ten years than in the previous thousand. Pain is created by the...
