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Tag: meditation

Mindfulness is not just for stress

Two new studies reinforce that mindfulness meditation can help not just to fight stress but also maintain a healthy and balanced immune system. Time to work on my meditation practice!

digital health, health, immune system, mbsr, meditation, mindfulness, wellbeing, yoga immunity, yoga science

Meditation for a healthy immune system – plain language summary

Here’s a cool study to wrap the year up: evidence of changes in gene expression following an intense meditation retreat. … More

meditation, science, wellbeing, yoga, yoga immunity, yoga science

Meditation/yoga/other mind–body practice is not for me, and other such myths

What is the comment that most yoga teachers hear when they talk about the benefits of yoga? Oh, yoga is … More

behavioural science, digital health, engagement, meditation, wellbeing, yoga

Yoga and mhealth – the perfect recipe for health empowerment?

Digital health can be a beautiful way to deliver the tools we all need to take a more active role in our health and wellbeing. So what happens when you combine it with yoga practices? The perfect recipe for self-care and empowerment, apparently.

breathing, chronic disease, digital health, health engagement, meditation, mHealth, patient activation, self-care, self-management, yoga, yoga science

Does your favourite meditation reveal who you really are? (plain language summary)

Do you ever feel that one type of meditation or yoga practice really resonates and another just simply leaves you … More

meditation, science, yoga

Stress, gene expression, inflammation – and where yoga may fit in

Mind–body practices like yoga, tai chi and mindfulness meditation cause changes in gene expression that damper inflammation – which may help to keep the immune system in balance.

gene expression, immunity, meditation, mindfulness, yoga, yoga immunity, yoga science

Audio meditation: mindfulness of breathing

audio practice, meditation

Audio meditation: breath awareness

audio practice, meditation

Audio meditation practice: Brahma mudra pranayama and breath focus

meditation, pranayama

Audio meditation practice: progressive relaxation

meditation

Audio breath and meditation practice

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Is digital the path to enlightment?

Ask the person next to you and it’s likely they have at least tried a meditation app, if not using … More

digital health, meditation, mindfulness, science

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