Australia
Scientists may have found a way to measure meditation effectiveness
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New research finds previously elusive clues on how to track success in implementing mindfulness meditation.
News
Mindfulness Meditation Produces Empirically Observable Pain Relief
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New research shows that mindfulness—a common and central meditation practice in many Pagan spiritual paths—not only helps manage pain, but also engages distinct brain mechanisms beyond the placebo effect.
News
Research finds that breathwork improves mood and eases stress better than meditation
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Two new research studies offer evidence that breathwork – an easily taught and affordable technique – can reduce anxiety, depression, and stress effects.
interfaith
Column: In Defense of Unmindfulness
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“In sports, music, and martial arts, the unbinding of the mind as it focuses upon a specific task is paired with a shutting down of other mental faculties. Senses are simply turned off in a subjectively very real way. Linear thinking evaporates as the Odinnic moment expands.
“Rather than mindfulness, this is a process of unmindfulness.”
Paganism
Pagan Community Notes: Week of January 24, 2022
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In this week’s Pagan Community Notes, Pagans remember Thich Nhat Hanh, Announcements, two positively Noteworthy stories. and more news.