In a review of everything currently known about the topic, researchers recently developed a scientific model of how contemplative practices of various kinds may encourage better physical and ...

Contemplative practices are becoming more common in educational environments for attending to whole-student learning, fostering empathy, and promoting social justice and socially just pedagogues. This ...

Through academic courses, meditation sessions and an annual summit, the Stanford Medicine program helps students, faculty and staff breathe.

Recent reporting reveals that REM sleep may fundamentally alter how memories are formed and recalled. During rapid eye ...

Training in contemplative practices such as mindfulness meditation and loving-kindness meditation has become very popular in Western societies over the past several decades, and this widespread ...

Meditation is an ancient human practice. Our ability to artfully cultivate attentive, imaginal, and embodied modes of consciousness, and more so, intentionally design and apply techniques to transcend ...

Most Americans battling high blood pressure reach for prescription medications, but a growing number are finding relief through practices as old as humanity itself. Prayer and meditation—two mindful ...

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North of Pembroke campus sits a house that looks — from the outside — much like neighboring houses. But inside is a different story. The house has a laboratory in the basement and a prayer hall on the ...