Study: Meditation Changes Your Brain!?!

A new study shows that meditating 30 minutes a day can change the physical makeup of the brain. Researches took M.R.I. brain scans before and after the participants' meditation regimen and found increased gray matter in the hippocampus, an area important for learning and memory. The images also showed a reduction of gray matter in the amygdala, a region connected to anxiety and stress. A control group that did not practice meditation showed no such changes.

Read the full article here:
http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/01/28/how-meditation-may-change-the-brain/...

The summary of the study:
http://www.psyn-journal.com/article/S0925-4927(10)00288-X/abstract

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[TwistedMind6969]

I've been meditating for over 6 months now and it has changed my life. This is an excellent video. Thank you!

[TheDailyConversation]

@TwistedMind6969 Nice. So what's your routine with it? Do you do it inside or outside?

[EricBoisen]

Interesting. And I like this style better than yesterdays, no random jump cuts and yet still short and sweet.

[TheDailyConversation]

@EricBoisen Cool. Yeah, we're trying to keep the jump cuts to a minimum.

[Suwai0303]

I started meditating when I was six years old back in Myanmar. Nineteen years later in the US, I am a vegetarian, a climber, an artist, a musician, a writer, and a recent college graduate with honors, awards, and scholarships. Let me assure you that not only does meditation benefits mental, emotional, and physical well being, it also increases creativity, productivity, self-awareness, empathy, and so much more. Scientific study has only scratched the surface.

[allisonralphvideo]

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[TheWayshowerTube]

Deepak chopra meditates for 1 hour.

[thehype04]

you can feel your brain changing when you start meditation

[TwistedMind6969]

@TheDailyConversation I do it very early in the morning around 5:30 A.M in my dark quite room for about 30 minutes right before getting ready for the gym and then work. That's my daily personal gift to myself. It allows me to relax my mind before my stressful days. I totally transcend and go thoughtless. Amazing feeling, hehe...