How Meditation Impacts the Brain and Implications for Health

How does mindfulness and meditation improve health? Helen Weng, UCSF Osher Center for Integrative Medicine, explains that training our internal mental lives can have positive effects on our minds, health, and relationships. Recorded on 05/26/2016. [8/2016] [Show ID: 31008]
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[@bokie51]

I have been twice a day meditator for 21 years. My emotions and thoughts were out of control. At the edge of a mental break down. I took up meditation, I was looking for a way to either turn off my brain, or escape my head. I have found control of both. Tho I still meditate twice a day, I feel as if I am in a continuous state of meditation. If I am at home and have no need to think, I can just shut the chatter off and have perfect quite stillness right where I am. But moreover it's balanced the powers of being. I mean I'm not fighting for control, I know for a fact that I Am the control... That's being that's Knowing. Meditation for me has been the discovery of my personal power not to control or try to control what happens in my life. But rather how, I responded to what happens while living life. If everyone knew what meditating really does for you they would all be meditating...

[@richardburgie]

Amen

[@ajayrathod7777]

Would like to have a talk with you sir

[@bokie51]

@@ajayrathod7777 Hi Ajay, this is Dennis. You have a question?

[@ajayrathod7777]

@@bokie51 yeah would like to have small chat with you ,a little bit of guidance ,is there a way to connect you over email or some other medium?you are doing it for 21 years I know you are someone who can give me life-changing advices

[@bokie51]

@@ajayrathod7777 If you want to leave your email address here, I can send you an email with my address.

[@chillback00]

Meditation helped me break my addiction and brought me an overall emotional and mental equilibrium. For me it's essential, just 20 mins a day has changed my life dramatically.

[@matateiaua3736]

just wondering im a beginner and tryna start meditation to release stress and other things of my mind, what do you do the session ?

[@matateiaua3736]

during the session*

[@UserName-rf5zs]

Yup, I can tell after meditative fruits prove the value of introspective acts that addiction, personal experience requiring one vice for another, does not have the power it once did, or as once believed it did. Congrats cb00 and all selves transmuting chemical therapy and any error(s) really, into a thing of the past, rather than a thing of the passed.

[@JnTmarie]

I was meditating and now I can’t again since life got turned upside down. Too much trauma. I hope to be able to do it again. I eat plant based diet and exercise. Thank you

[@sharonvaldez9059]

@@JnTmarie EMDR Therapy has really helped me. It’s alot of unprocessed grief. PTSD (anything that shakes you to your core)…saying a prayer for you to find the help you need to grow thru what you go thru🦋

[@masterninja9716]

Meditation has given me a sense of wonder. I was in college and graduate school for almost a decade. During that time I was indoctrinated into scientific dogma. Through that experience I lost my childish wonder about life and the universe. Meditation has brought that back to me. While meditation has many statistically measurable effects on our minds and bodies it also offers many intangible benefits. Meditation unlocks information in a way that amazes me. I always tell my children that it’s like receiving downloads from the universe. In return for 20 minutes a day the meditator receives a literal wealth of benefits that cannot be described in words.

[@user-fw4bk9xk4q]

I do meditation last three and half years and enjoy the real and ñatural mindfulness.

[@AdrianaAmrein-hl9ge]

I am currently in graduate school suffering a similar experience - I lost all my wonder and curiousity after science became a job. I just started meditating in hopes to bring my love for the world back, I'm very happy it has worked for you 😊

[@masterninja9716]

@@AdrianaAmrein-hl9ge I am a staunch believer. I no longer limit my thinking to "peer reviewed only" thoughts. Our personal experience does matter. It is real. And life in the "scientific method" box only goes so far. Not everything can be measured with our caveman tools. It's very disappointing how the scientific community will eat its own for daring to venture into this territory. Keep meditating. It will change everything in your life. It will heal you and fill you with love and empathy, gratitude and awe.

[@user-we6wi3rn1l]

Been meditating for four years. It has changed my life in big ways.

[@kiwiicy]

For example??

[@sensualslaps2143]

@@kiwiicy Meditating has helped me understand myself better. Before I started meditating I would allow negative emotions spiral out of control and ruin my day. I wouldn't know why I even had those negative emotions! After consistently meditation, I understand that those negative emotions are coming from thinking about the past/future too much, or from a lack of social interaction. Overall it balanced my emotions out. Less peaks(over-excited) less valleys(sadness).

[@cookiehustle]

@@sensualslaps2143 i try so hard but i get bored and tired and distracted

[@ecms20]

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[@sensualslaps2143]

@@cookiehustle I do too man, but that whole point of meditation. Once you get distracted bring your focus back. It's not supposed to be easy or fun

[@christophspiessens3751]

Brilliant lecture. Thank you very much. I am an Empath and since I discovered mindfulness my anxiety has gone down SIGNIFICANTLY. I am now a mindfulness teacher myself.

[@mereditharmstrong9054]

Empath here, too. YES. Most people don’t even realize how much energy they’re picking up on...or that it’s affecting them. Meditation for me is an absolute must!

[@JnTmarie]

Empath. Is that a clinical term proven by a test or just someone who can’t stay in their own thoughts and emotions because they’ve been traumatized and stay vigilant to what’s going on around them out of fear

[@dufflitplaysgames]

@@JnTmarie iI think the relative psychological term is a highly sensitive person, especially towards the emotions of others. Which sounds like what you described, just probably with a broader range of causes. That’s my guess at the very least

[@Colby15]

@@mereditharmstrong9054 L Love lll

[@Colby15]

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[@kylegood2622]

meditation is the sole reason that I am no longer a slave to the needle. it should be taught before 2+2

[@ksasaami]

What's needle

[@kylegood2622]

@@ksasaami Heroin! Do not recommend. My doctor said its bad for you.

[@Manas-co8wl]

Congratulations, truly

[@kylegood2622]

@@Manas-co8wl ❤

[@fathare2085]

Wow! Meditation should be part of drug rehab, if it's not already.

[@Mochi.mochi.icecream]

I do Isha kriya (meditation) everyday now and it's changed my life. It's nice to see science catching up with what culture's of people have known and practiced for thousands of years :)

[@michelesharon1]

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[@michelesharon1]

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[@michelesharon1]

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[@NoActuallyGo-KCUF-Yourself]

It's less a catching up and more of refinement.

[@derksenjenny]

Meditating for 2 years now , i learned it to deall with my aspergers symptoms ,i gain better focus and i dont stay in a tough for so long i can let it go .

[@subliminal81]

Jenny Derksen Same.0:-)

[@gratefulkm]

Here is a simple trick, to use, when you look into the distance at the horizon, everything below the horizon, uses the prefrontal cortex network, anything above the horizon line uses the 1st original network, This first network does not use the prefrontal cortex and therefore has no words or thoughts or ideas , it just experience's , the prefrontal cortex network, ,is where words and ideas and concepts live , the prefrontal cortex is where anxiety , depression OCD live, So to clarify, if you look up more, you suffer less from depression, anxiety and OCD , it literally is, the more you look down , the more you suffer from anxiety , depression and OCD, and also much much more likely to get Alzheimer's

[@gratefulkm]

@@patmanpatmanson the post is saying look up as much as possible, it's simple really, the message is to actually do it and see ! the message is not to tell you to look up, but here is a book for you to read whilst you continue to look down ! reading looking down ! do you see what's going on here ? look up not down

[@Belinda99]

very good for you ... i find it helps me with my bipolar too

[@leecrotty658]

@@gratefulkm you use too many words... people used to make fun of old farmers sitting and staring off in the distance for long times... :)

[@SahajaYogaMeditation]

Nice presentation. Meditation is the first step to take control of our life. Once we become good at it, we need to level up by eating less and exercise more. Finally, following the yogic precepts to correct our behavior(control our different urges). In the end, we become a master of our body and can manifest our ideas into this physical reality in the most efficient way possible. Without the beginning of meditation, we are just a slave to our sensory perceptions.

[@orion9k]

Eating less and exercise more? Last time I checked, the more you exercise, the more you need to eat.

[@stefanmitrovic973]

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[@NENAD1979J]

I discovered your video via Reflective folio fixer - there's lots useful videos there that should help out

[@mv3325]

Eating less extends the life of cellular telomeres. It's even more important than exercise.

[@WilliamJarrott]

First step taking responsibility for your life

[@rsbersagel717]

Would be great if all our politicians & public servants would/could participate in some empathy/compassion/mindfulness research & training ASAP.

[@johnfogarty91]

Narcissists don't feel the need to do any of that

[@ull893]

It took so long for KZbin to recommend this video, although I watch hundreds of meditation videos everyday.

[@vectravi2008]

But in the end it did. Think positive friend. 🙏

[@acer4237]

Love this study! My doctor once asked if I was hypersensitive...honestly made me really look closer look at that weakness...it effected my health....I do overreact but when I meditate it helps calm that behavior.

[@thisweirdkidbummer3266]

Great presentation! I feel like I’m constantly distracted and always going into that mind wondering state. While I’m having conversations, while I’m working, even when I’m watching a tv show I really like! Everybody says meditation helps with stuff like that but never really goes into why. This video really cleared it up on HOW meditation does that! Thank you very much!

[@maccadaccaboom]

It is good that you have the awareness of that Chase! The fact you are aware that your mind is drifting means that you are already on the right path :-)

[@fumarate1]

I've been practising meditation for also 4 years now and it gets better for i was an Ice smoker for 10 years i can't even begin to tell you what it did to me this drug it certaintly gave me a hard knock in life.

[@marcusquinntenes3674]

greg furtiere congrats keep going. i recommend learning sudarshan kriya and sahaj samadhi if you want to deepen your practice. it helped mine a lot. i can go into deep meditation quite easily now. before i learned it it was much more difficult.

[@tanyalow4090]

greg furtiere meditation has helped me get over a 20 year habbit also. Cheers Greg

[@chrisdaldy-rowe4978]

Yeah m8 great to see you come out the other side...hope everything goes well for the future. :)

[@daxross2930]

I was stuck on amphetamines. Mindfulness really helped me kick it. Never thought I would kick it

[@STEINYY]

Good on you man! I been addicted to alcohol and different prescription pills. Struggling with hyperactive my whole life. But this last year I opened my eyes for meditation and yoga. It helps.

[@Brewer420]

Thank you for the upload. I see an improvement everyday since a began to meditate.

[@Rob76kim]

Have you noticed any changes in your life since you started mediating???

[@toukhirab3000]

Sir how start meditation

[@ThePaintedShovel]

Thank you for sharing! I just started meditating three months ago in an effort to curb severe premenstral syndrome and endometriosis symptoms. I am finding that while I still have some of the negative symptoms, they are lessening and my mental / emotional reactions to them are mitigated. I am also quite calmer and more focused during the time of the month when I am not PMSing.

[@masterninja9716]

There's something akin to magic that comes from meditating. It's a wonderful (literally) endeavor.

[@mattsharkey8437]

Meditation can allow one to read and learn about themselves. God bless!

[@juliewilliams489]

Wow understanding this really affects the effectiveness of leading the meditations and mindfulness.

[@findhealthtips]

What a wonderful life, one can live ..when he adds the benefits of meditation for enhancing the life.

[@JesJoy1120]

Perfect combination; learning and experiencing meditation. Thank you.

[@mariaegonzalez4232]

Thank you so much! You just gave me the gift that I needed at this moment in my life. May you feel free & happy, too; and be able to keep doing this for anyone who needs it as I needed it today. Love from here to All. Mayu, from San Diego,CA.

[@theempyrean1227]

God helps me to "meditate" , actually concentrate. Couldn't do it without her..him. Also very therapeutic. Beyond "mindfulness". Real spiritual power, I wake up meditating. Don't have to "try, have a' naturally religious mind. Silent, still...since age 24 for 38 years. Dhyana means 'attention' in Hindi. Both parents were educators from India & religious, never forced me to go to church.

[@majaber1]

brilliant Helen, so simple and so focused on sharing the wisdom.Many thanks..Bless you

[@laika5757]

Meditation is best done without expectations. The journey is the destination. 🎶🎶

[@damsel72]

Her voice is so soothing- wish she had more videos. Than you 😊

[@seed.meditation]

You can have a look in my scientific healing meditation.

[@istoppain62]

I felt the same way when one of the meditators said in the loving kindness part of the meditation. I used the “I “ first then I switched to the “We”. I also felt the lightness and the completeness in being.

[@territory361]

loving-kindness and cultivating compassion is truly the heart of meditation and brings you to a higher state of being. Some western meditators only focus on the calm your mind feeling peace level, but that is actually not enough, we need to take it a step further to cultivate love and compassion, meditating for oneself and for others. This third part catches your mind shows that you have the tendency and connections needed for having high-level meditation and attainment

[@Rani-nd6gv]

after practing sahajayoga meditation you will start to feel inner peace. it is good for stress management. harmons and body comes in balance and will get good health. also increases memory power.

[@Contribute_TakeCare_Learn_Play]

That world peace moment. Sometimes I forget to notice the breath after that and assume I have to become a monk, and unlock and change my identity to become a person who stands only in service of others. A few days later I usually find a way out of this tunnel

[@Ilovedesign369]

Great information - I’ve practiced a moving meditation and conscious movement to overcome anxiety and other symptoms of Menieres. One piece of feedback would be to pay attention to a speech pattern that turns your statements into questions.

[@tylerwhalen7792]

This is a wonderful exercise! Management of your syntax will cause a concurrent shift in your internal narrative. You've stumbled upon something very useful. 😊

[@maryamnikeftekhari]

Great job. As an audiologist, I found your experience so interesting that helped you cope with your symptoms of Meniere Disease.

[@sarahcolombo1547]

Thank You for the opportunity to experience this presentation. It will be worth repeating.

[@sarthakgupta290]

Thank you for this scientific approach to understanding Meditation.

[@churros4613]

Absolutely fantastic talk, thank you for providing university level content for free!

[@fionafinden8818]

Thank you Helen Weng. That was a wonderful presentation. I especially enjoyed the exercises . Your presentation helped me to understand elenents inmy own practice but best of all it is knowing that there is this community with a mind to engage in this reaching forward in our humanity. Inspiring !

[@marak4597]

14:52, 34:02, 48:26 for the meditations

[@Gemoct]

all who has this kind of interest should watch that vid.

[@LadyBug3178]

This was a great presentation. And your calm voice is very pleasant.

[@dkcorderoyximenez3382]

Meditation has definitely changed my mind for the better...It's the fastest acting tranquilizer I know...

[@gallantsabre4322]

I tried mindfulness meditation for just 2 weeks and my anxiety and panic attacks stopped .. but I'm still on it . sometimes I have repetitive thoughts and I'm hoping on the long run it'll stop.

[@ciaranperry4677]

Im sorry but you did not have significant anxiety nor actual panic attacks, it takes months to years to recover from such things not 2 weeks.

[@kangjhha]

I've suffered life long anxiety and depression for over 30yrs.. started meditating 15min a day everyday and noticed anxiety reduce right away within the first week.. it's been about a year now and I do an hour / hour 1/2 a day .. keep at it :)

[@ranidr]

@@kangjhha which meditation you are doing? I am also suffering from severe anxiety, major depression, panic attacks,insomnia.

[@kangjhha]

@@ranidr it really doesn't matter as long as you can find something to help keep your focus whether it be complete silence, mantras, guided meditation (this is what I still do) or ambient music etc.. the key is consistency and progression, the latter will come naturally as its innate to us to want to improve when you start seeing results... another difficult thing is keeping your motivation going so doing/trying multiple techniques it good when you get bored or find yourself procrastinating.

[@ranidr]

Which meditation u did??

[@galaxymetta5974]

A person that cannot even be comfortable with himself/herself can never be comfortable around others. In meditation we learn to be so comfortable with ourselves that we can forget about time and body and bask in peace and happiness. The deeper the meditation, the greater the happiness. Mental stability enable us to see life with insights. One of the insight is we don't need material things or others to be happy. Cheers.

[@NoActuallyGo-KCUF-Yourself]

I like moving meditations - _mindful movement,_ I guess - yoga, tai-chi, feldenkrais. But any "boring" / autopilot activity, like hand-washing dishes or folding laundry, can be an opportunity to meditate.

[@imkunothereal]

fought severe depression for 15 years, meditation cured me in 2022

[@landpaper]

2 seconds is a million years in the mind

[@edelhardtearnhardt8171]

a) the intro music slaps b) not sure if I should or should not hope to be fully enlightened before science maps out meditation 100%. great work dr. weng!

[@linkscollector]

57:45 1 week 30 minutes every day

[@venkataponnaganti]

A great clip I have seen on Meditation in KZbin

[@jamespatrick5348]

What an amazing job with a lot of information that I found very valuable.

[@qtxrs-st7xe]

Improving only makes sense in the right environment. You can be patient with time and wait for it to change or change your environment.

[@marymedinas1111]

I’m glad she said “introductory neuroscience” talk because this is pretty basic stuff for anyone in medical land. Thank you. 🙏

[@futures.scalper.808]

Its amazing how you can intentionally activate various regions of the brain.

[@edixasanchezpacheco3692]

1:01:00 wow! Compassion is not something you can teach a person. They either have it or they don’t

[@subliminal81]

That woman has pretty nice voice. Make people calm. 0:-) Keep it up,sis. 0:-)

[@theblacklotusgaming3767]

I had some nice meditation sessions during this talk

[@wildhumans8116]

An elder sasquatch taught me how to meditate, breath work, visualization and focus in the ajna chakra are important aspects. Sasquatch are highly psychic abd have an almost complete mastery over consciousness. We will learn much from the few sasquatch left. Pretty wild, i know

[@Hollygdorsey1]

I fell sleep during the meditation practice and it took me to a different place in my dream. Don’t fall asleep.

[@prosperouseye]

Was it a "good" place or a "bad" place? lol

[@joesitt1]

Did it take you to hell?

[@mindfulnesscoaching6048]

Holly the object of the meditation practice is not to go to sleep (it is actually to become awake, in the fuller sense) yet if it happens, it might be what your body needs. So this is ok too!

[@STEINYY]

She is very smart. Very nice. I like to watch this before I sleep. What is you guys favourite meditation

[@DancingSage]

I took a 10 day vipassana meditation course, which focuses on sensations on the body and equinimity, observing law of nature from within. Highly reccommend trying it

[@allankohwt]

Vipassana meditation can really change the habits

[@MindfulAttraction2.0]

The key is consistency

[@joy4u2utube]

As an Indian I feel proud and let the whole world know that we knew this 4000 year earlier, the world will also know of Ayurveda and leave pharmaceutical chemicals.

[@deela262]

It's too late now. The golden goose was killed 500 years ago...

[@scarlet8078]

I'd like to see some research on "compassion training" in those of us who work in fields where we must minimize empathy, e.g., physicians, soldiers, nurses, police officers, etc. I know for me and for other doctors I know, we avoid/ do not participate in compassion meditations bc they give us anxiety or trigger some other negative outcomes. Increasing empathy in our roles is not helpful and can be detrimental. But of course it'd be great if we could improve our compassion towards family members or in some way that does not interfere with our duties.

[@FrenchSaladMac]

Police officers compassion training? Hahaha 🤣🤣🤣

[@spinnerfidget9546]

Doctors and nurses minimize empathy? Wow that's nice to know. I thought those people went in because they care about people.

[@tomconant3951]

I think it’s important to distinguish between compassion and empathy. Empathy is feeling the pain another person is going through. Compassion is being able to acknowledge the pain the other persons pain and help them through it. (If I remember correctly from the video)

[@deela262]

Empathy/ compassion must be first directed on oneself, before trying to project on others. ( The Buddha's Teachings - Metta Sutta). If one does not win over Anxiety within himself, he may even end up getting depression or a nervous breakdown seeing the tragedy and trauma of others. The defying principal is that every living being is in the same boat. I may just happen to be little or more better off than others at this moment but I'm also liable to face the same downturns. Thinking thus one must direct empathy towards oneself... A LOT... Then act with the same wish for physical and mental wellness for others... But in modern times people think caring for oneself is selfish , or feel guilty to care for ones own wellbeing when others around him are suffering. However if one does not know to swim there is no point in jumping into water to save another drowning person World is yet to ' discover' the POWER of Metta. If more people learn about it, practice it, and teach others about it, there won't be so many ' interventions ' required in the first place becuse each one will be empowered to manage their lives without being a source of harm to the society. Properly done, it can kills all fear and aversion within. ie. No adrenalin responses or getting stuck in physiological trauma. The thought patterns will control the reptilian brain from getting overcharged On a side note This state of mind is what made The Buddha stay without flinching when facing a heavily intoxicated charging elephant, a raging demon named Aalawaka or the charging, armed serial killer named Angulimala ( who had superhuman physical strength gifted by a demon that even the mighty King Pasenahi with his armed forces was scared to face.)

[@patriciagriffin1505]

When you have compassion in these fields it enhances and makes your job easier..you've got it backwards and that's a major problem for all those you deal with

[@sollymadeit]

The best questions come from the informal questions after the presentations

[@YosemiteFour]

Excellent presentation.

[@kristinas2231]

great presentation - thank you for sharing

[@Bri-ss1gu]

This is a wonderful lecture, thank you!

[@uctv]

You're very welcome!

[@iamthefiremanjj]

Modafanil + meditation is awesome , you don’t fall asleep and stay focused . I have been seeing the color red a lot and been healing that chakra

[@christinaestrada6440]

Very informative and brilliantly delivered👍⭐️❤️

[@melodymelomaniac]

This was an extremely interesting and helpful lecture. Thank you!

[@jackelliott6545]

Fantastic talk! Lovely summary of the data that's out there.

[@amananand100]

It's scientific explanation of Buddhist's Vipasana meditation.

[@binukj7970]

Yes Its a sort of Vipasana, but vipasana is not a meditation in Buddhist tradition, as far as I know it's a JAIN PRACTICE

[@ayeaye1363]

This is very similar to Vipasana because she includes compassion and empathy.

[@chick201]

This is Really Awsome. This should be a Medical Demand for disabled vets pluss help with Ptsd for all

[@najeebenton862]

I felt clear when adding other people to the meditation

[@Rani-nd6gv]

Sahajayoga meditation is the free of cost and very easy.

[@trovalerotatsuhiro1802]

great talk

[@abyogichannel]

Meditation is my daily routine

[@mlufka101]

Thank you for such a great lecture! ;)

[@jonathanhenryreport]

This awesome; I picked up a couple of things, that I will incorporate into my routine. Thank you so much Helen for your body of work and research; you're also pretty funny lol.

[@dimakolesik]

Could be your life-changing podcast and life-changing choice to dedicate very little time to mindfulness meditation. Committing to meditation daily is the best choice to drastically improve your brain, intelligence and overall quality of life.

[@YourSacredPath]

Its crazy to see the progress or I should say the inter correlation between science and meditation (a practice which started thousands of years ago in India).

[@kathrynb130]

Why?

[@YourSacredPath]

@@kathrynb130 Because often classical science has been swaying away from metaphysics. But modern science is approaching a point where it has to sublimate into metaphysics. The practice and goal of Indian meditation (Raj-yoga) was to realize the true nature of soul. It was meant for a very different reason that what it is perceived today in its diluted form. But nevertheless these "side-effects" of meditation are good enough for majority of population today to be seen as benefits of a practice.

[@kathrynb130]

@@YourSacredPath what do you mean exactly when you say modern science has to sublimate into metaphysics?

[@YourSacredPath]

​@@kathrynb130 the limits of modern science for eg: lets say quantum physics which says that particle can either exists as a particle or wave depending on the observer comes to a point where you start questioning the nature of reality. What seems to be real, is it real? We dont know yet.. another example is neuroscience and consciousness study which deals with how is this so called "first person experience created" its called the hard problem of consciousness. and there is no answer to it. When I say sublimate into metaphysics, thats because sooner or later we will reach a threshold of matter where matter seize to exist atleast under modern observations and we will start talking about abstract concepts.

[@YourSacredPath]

@@kathrynb130 Please elaborate your question.

[@katiepassion]

really like to her this lady and very useful info thanks for the shear

[@TheChapeaumelon1]

If you observe your mind close enough, you will see the vail of sleep right from when it starts rising, and that is the easiest moment to catch it and clear it out. When you start dosing, its because you were not paying close enough attention...

[@Sentientmatter8]

Ahhh, Adhd fails at a good three of these systems. Meditation is unbelievably beneficial to those with an ADHD brain.

[@zeek9697]

Do you have any other comments about this? I'm 63 and still struggle with it. Also working memory problems.

[@thestu7066]

Try adjusting diet as well! Test for Celiac disease & regardless of result remove Gluten from diet

[@naomiaa2989]

So Good! Thank you!

[@kris8263]

Repetitive, low intensity exercise (like jogging, long distance swimming) is also a form of meditation that calms your brain and makes you mindful of your physical movement and sensory receptions.

[@flowcuriously17]

Nop , you need to meditate . There is big difference between meditation and exercise.

[@kris8263]

@@flowcuriously17 Big difference? You obviously don't know what you're talking about. Describe what meditation is to you and what kind of exercise do you engage in if you're interested in more than just discrediting peoples posts.

[@flowcuriously17]

@@kris8263 i am not here to argue . Difference between exercise and meditation for me is HUGGGEE . You can believe otherwise . You do you but for me there is BIG difference

[@kris8263]

@@flowcuriously17 Dude it's not about arguing but presenting your point of view. If you come on voicing an opinion contrary to someone you should elaborate and give some reasoning behind why you believe such. Saying "I don't agree" and not willing to elaborate comes off as disrespectful. Whether we agree or not is irrelevant but you broaden people's perspectives when you share your point of view. Not everyone's experiences are the same.

[@newtimes09]

Thank you.

[@rivendell24sa]

Great talk

[@Dancestar1981]

Dancing is a form of moving meditation

[@Chanchanlala]

great info thank you

[@AliciaMarkoe]

Thank you

[@lilchook1]

Does meditation have any effect on dementia? As far as creating new pathways for cognitive abilities? I’ve been meditating and it’s helped me to cope with my husbands dementia diagnosis. I feel that there has to be some way to use brain plasticity to help his brain recover.

[@arthurdick9553]

Look up neuro genesis. Briefly, there are actions that aid or prevent the growth of new nerve cells in the hippocampus. Which controls mood and memory. Good luck.

[@theresad.childs8115]

Look up studies on folates and dementia, may be helpful for him.

[@lordnelsonmc.billionberg9166]

dementia is called diabetes type 3 by some doctors.

[@GrifoStelle]

There are hundreds of studies on ways to help with the symptoms of dimentia. Like the lecturer briefly mentioned- learning and consistently practicing any focused thing helps. There have been studies with improvement regarding crosswords, word searches, card games, practicing new music, and meditation. It's not a cure but there is evidence it alleviates. You might ask your family doctor to recommend ideal activities for plasticity if you are close to them and they have any experience. If they don't have the ecperience they may have a recommendation on who to ask, though I'm sure you already have asked around by now. My heart goes out to you, I know it's terribly difficult, be strong. This is a monumental labor of love, remember to take care of you. Edit: I mean to say: put yourself in your husband's position and put him in yours. Your husband is your Partner, but you will eventually need a team to take some and then most of the responsibility for his care. Roles reversed, What would you want your partner to deligate to the team? Allow yourself to do that for him. Ask yourself as things progress, What would I want him to do now? Let yourself do that for him. I've been there with other illnesses for my husband and father. Neither of them would let me clean them as they were slipping, so we got a nurse when they couldn't any more. I couldn't easily roll them, so nurse. I stopped eating, asked nurse to remind me etc. In the end, I was the company keeper.

[@lilchook1]

@@GrifoStelle thanks for taking the time to respond and for your very kind advice. If it were me in his position I wouldn’t want anybody looking after me. But hubby and I are very different in that regard. So I guess I’m trying to postpone the inevitable for as long as possible. But I’ve already started getting some help and later on I will get as much as I can. For all our sakes. We’re all pretty much emotionally ( and me ) physically exhausted.

[@b.ghould8077]

Very helpful, very nice.

[@bluewaters3100]

I started meditating after I had a wonderful spiritual experience after taking some LSD back in 1973. Here is a funny story for you . I live in an apartment complex where there are a few male feral cats that get into fights with each other. When I hear them howling at each other I go outside to where they are..usually under a car. I center myself and start chanting. Almost immediately they stop howling at each other. After a few minutes of chanting I start walking away. One of the cats will then dart out and leave. It works every time. I have used it with dogs who have followed me barking at my heels when I used to deliver mail for the Post Office back in the 70's. I may have missed hearing this in your talk but did you talk about the different affects you can get with different breathing exercises?

[@LawsonEnglish]

where's the long-term [multi-year, or even multi-decade] *longitudinal* studies on mindfulness and concentration?

[@maneshkumaragrawal8416]

Thank you 😇

[@Rani-nd6gv]

Sahajayoga meditation is the scientific meditation which is proven by scientists. It is beneficial for all mankind.

[@annettel.b.5304]

I'm thankful that you and others like you are doing studies like this, with this topic! I am curious though, in the Empathy Training vs. Compassion Training (obviously because Compassion Training proved to increase positive emotions, that would be the way to go versus Empathy training) on the side of Empathy training, where there were increased negative emotions, where is the line between this and desensitization? Again thank you so much for doing the work and the research, it is much needed!

[@seed.meditation]

You can see my healing scientific meditation.

[@estebangomez4094]

Does she apply meditation to reduce sugar ?

[@krizlange]

Why don't you look at transcendental meditation?

[@monsty3579]

Goosebumps

[@JCResDoc94]

1:04:00 applied shield 3

[@sweettreatsoverload4296]

Meditation is not just a Buddhist concept. Many religions including Christian faith talk about the importance of mediation.

[@pattiday431]

Contemplation, not an emptying of all things but a filling up of the divine.

[@alfredomulleretxeberria4239]

There is a strong difference between Buddhist-style open meditation, which focuses on awareness of the moment, and Christian-style concentrated meditation, which focuses on specific ideas or streams of thought. Their intentions are markedly different, and their effects on the mind haven't got much in common.

[@guychitaichi]

Nice u-tube but each meditation practiced in this vid is basically a hypnotic induction with suggestions and focused attention, therefore hypnosis ("self") and meditation are the same when accessing different states of consciousness?

[@Alexp0wns]

What would you say is the difference of self hypnosis and meditation?

[@guychitaichi]

Thank you for asking that question! I would try to answer it from my personal point of view (our brains all construct the world and its mechanics differently-peace), and say that self hypnosis is probably a more Buddhist orientated form of non-religious (Buddhism being the religion of non-religion that is aiming towards self-enlightenment) focused awareness. The fact is that no one really knows what the state of hypnosis is, "we are all rabbits caught in the headlights", watchers of our own transitory emotions, long term feelings and the metaphysical states collected through our personal, lifetime evolution that may dissolve when our bodies cease to be. I once nearly drowned (I know what you are thinking now), but I did not, instead I went through a tunnel of light, then all of a sudden I was being revived, it was a wondrous, blissful experience (for an 8 year old, now I am 61yrs old): some would say that this is the brain reacting to oxygen deprivation, others would suggest that I was becoming part of the bliss (and it was blissful, and I can still feel it, the bliss if I try), who knows, but then, who knows what meditation is and who knows what hypnosis is, perhaps they are just different names for the same mental state that works with the body. Another question is does the mind still meditate when the body is dead?

[@deela262]

@@guychitaichi At " death" mind and body details disintegrated. The body ( physical matter) will decay / decompose/ can be burnt off / dissolved/ fed to another animal . The mind (every flow of consciousness and thoughts ?) will continue, having taken another form of life/living being .. as a human , animal, heavenly or ghostly being etc. That is The Buddha s Teachings.

[@rommelpesigan6444]

I feel relax and sweating