I recently was notified about a relatively new app for meditation and mindfulness, called "Stop, Breathe & Think". The app is a perfect tool for both beginners and people with a steady meditation practice. The meditations are short, and the…
Flickr image under CC license by HaPe_GeraI've frequently written here on the benefits of meditation for your brain and your heart, how you can make meditation a habit and my personal explorations. In my opinion, meditation is the necessary exercise…
Two months ago, I shared a podcast that shows the beneficial impact of meditation on the brain.Along the same lines, I am glad to be able to share this GoogleTechTalk with you. It shows some very interesting research on the…
While randomly browsing across interesting courses on iTunes university, which I enjoy listening to while cooking or doing random housework, I discovered Stanford's 'How to Think Like a Psychologist".The third lecture of this series is titled "Meditation, Anxiety and the…
Silva Relaxation is a free app that can be used as part of your meditation practice.If you enjoy these recordings with headphones, you can use them as a means to relax and shut out the outer world while you are…
It's been a while since I wrote about mindfulness and meditation, and the reason is that in all the thesis stress, I've been slacking off.However, I recently started doing some breathing exercises, based on the instructions from an iPhone app.…
Roughly 3,5 months have passed since my last post on mindfulness.FactsI try to practice daily, but in reality I practice roughly 1 out of 2 days. By now, I'm able to sit in silence and concentrate on my breathing for…
Admittedly, I've not been regularly practicing the breathing and meditation exercises lately. I've noticed that whenever I'm stressed out and should get enough rest and sharpen my brain, I slack off, talk on the phone to rant about whatever is…
One of my resolutions for 2011 was to start meditating and practicing mindfulness. Soon, one quarter of 2011 will be gone already (time flies!) and so I thought it was time for an update on my trials.FactsThe first 1,5 months…
I've practiced the leaves on a stream guided mindfulness exercise today to keep up my new year's resolution.Even though I'm far from getting completely into a mindful and focused state of mind, I found the exercise very interesting. The goal…
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