10% Happier Road Trip: How Meditation Affects the Brain

ABC News' Dan Harris and meditation teacher Jeff Warren talk with cognitive neuroscientist David Vago at Vanderbilt University in Nashville.
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[@rishikeshsarang5593]

Big thankyou

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Meditation works if trained from childhood, like the mathematician Ramanujan who discovered 4000 theorems and could solve problems just by looking at them. He was trained in Vaishnav Yoga, and helped him develop his spirituality.

[@mindfuleats4517]

I started with the informal strategies and progressed when I was able to. I personally could not sit in the beginning -I was diagnosed with PTSD and the idea of sitting and facing my crazy mind and dark thoughts was unbearable initially. I think if there is trauma there then asking someone to sit first can be too difficult. A peppering throughout the day worked for me anyway. I disagree with the comments that it 'is right to be skeptical' to do these informal practices... what is he missing? A daily practice for three minutes when you are brushing your teeth and four minutes as you wait for the kettle to boil IS systematic!! You do not have to literally be on a cushion!

[@dianapierce4075]

It would be really interesting if fMRI studies were done on calming movement activities like yoga, Qigong, Tai Chi to see if those activities light up the same regions of the brain as meditation. Maybe these have been done and I'm not aware of them. Very interesting science. Thank You

[@lolalola8918]

Try these nice reads... Practical meditation and The way and goal of Rajyoga... These are from Brahma Kumaris (omshantistore).

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[@alfredtovar6451]

Too wordy or me, voice is annoying