Do you control your mind, or does your mind control you? Investigate how the mind operates and the condition of "mindlessness"—the pervasive swirl of thoughts and judgments that separate you from the ...

Flip through the slideshow for 16 tips to start — and stay with — a consistent meditation routine.

In a New England laboratory, painful heat is delivered to the forearms of subjects undergoing brain scans. The fMRI results are remarkable: the participants' brains respond not as if they are ...

Mental health has received greater emphasis this lockdown year — isolation, loss of jobs and businesses, the effect on churches and schools and the simple irrationality of the rules can be wearing. It ...

Even if you’ve tired yourself out with a full day of work, an hour of yoga, and 45 minutes of tearing the house apart looking for your cat, you might not be ready to drift off when your head hits the ...

In January 2018, more people Googled the term “meditation app” than any other recorded month. Although it’s no longer time for New Year’s resolutions, it’s never too late to invest in feeling cool, ...

People have practiced meditation for thousands of years to help induce a deep state of relaxation and a sense of calm. Meditating has many benefits during all phases of life, and pregnancy is no ...

What is meditation? For thousands of years, human beings have practiced refined techniques of mental focusing, designed to change the habitual conditioning of the mind. Central to many spiritual and ...