Category Mindfulness & Meditation
Living in the present
We often talk about the importance of living in the present, but really, what do we mean by that? Do we mean that literally? Then, how long is that present? From a physics/mathematics perspective the present moment has no duration.…
Mindfulness; current research findings
The benefits from developing mindfulness skills is continuing to be demonstrated by scientific research projects all over the world. I have recently published an article on my website, in which I summarise a few interesting research findings from the past…
Mindfulness research findings
Scientific mindfulness research findings continue to demonstrate how this ancient practice can have various beneficial effects. This article summarises mindfulness research findings that show that mindfulness practice reduces the risk for heart attacks, that it increases working memory capacity and…
Interesting benefits from mindfulness meditation
Commonly, when people wish to explore the benefits from mindfulness meditation, it is because they want to be able to slow down their minds that otherwise typically seem to run wild most of the day, so that they can have…
Meeting pain with mindfulness
Pain. You have experienced it many times. We all have. Sometimes it may be intense and short-lived. Other times it may linger for an extended time. And occasionally it can become chronic, i.e. continue for months or years or forever.…
Mindfulness and Chronic Pain; research findings
Acute pain relating to tissue injury (caused by trauma, or by surgery) is one of the most frequent reasons why patients are seeking medical care, and pain is the most common complaint in primary care overall. While most patients who…
Mindfulness and Meditation
This is the April 2012 issue of the Integrating Awareness Newsletter. The theme for this issue is Mindfulness and Meditation, with articles about: Effects of meditation on body and mind – scientific research findings; How meditation can help your brain…
Mindfulness practice can help you quit smoking – research report
Nearly half of all adult smokers attempt to quit smoking each year, but the majority of quit smoking attempts are unsuccessful. To quit smoking is a significant stress factor, which can cause irritability, disturbed sleep and other withdrawal symptoms that…
How meditation can help your brain toward increased happiness
As modern-age human beings we often get so caught up in the busy-ness of daily life that we are more or less unconscious of the actual experiences that we move through moment by moment. Our minds are constantly active and…
Effects of meditation practice on body and mind; scientific research findings
While meditation practice is well recognised as a tool for quietening the mind, and cultivating harmony in daily life, scientific research has also discovered actual, measurable effects of meditation practice on the body that relate to both physiological and emotional-psychological…
Mindfulness-based therapy
Mindfulness is about non-judgemental awareness in the here-and-now of one’s actual sensory experience + thoughts, feelings, reactions, behaviour and functioning. It is about noticing what is happening in each moment, to fully experience one’s life as it happens, rather than…
Eating-mindfulness; informal mindfulness practice
In mindfulness meditation you practise bringing your awareness back to, and remaining in contact with your actual, lived experience. Formal mindfulness meditation can also be complemented with informal mindfulness practices, where you, even momentarily, disengage from the thinking activity, by…
