Stroke of Insight – please watch this

This video relates one of the most moving and uplifting experiences I have ever heard. It is a must see. What Jill Bolte Taylor discovers is something that must be shared with the world.
Neuroanatomist Jill Bolte Taylor had an opportunity few brain scientists would wish for: One morning, she realized she was having a [...]

“It’s a brilliant example of the rebranding of aging”

“It’s a brilliant example of the rebranding of aging,” said Mary Furlong, executive professor at the Leavey School of Business at Santa Clara University and author of “Turning Silver Into Gold: How to Profit in the New Boomer Marketplace.”
“People are living longer, and they want their brains to keep up with their bodies,” said Lisa [...]

Research on mindfulness and the brain

“Based on the positive results of Mindfulness research, many therapists have begun to use meditation as a treatment for patients with mild anxiety and depressive tendencies. In a time when the therapeutic medication and surgery have become standard treatments, this research is novel.”
I wish I meditated more and now here is another good reason to [...]