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Reminder Meditation Community gather online this evening 7 p.m. EST. (opens the original)
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The fall series of the Meditation Community begins tonight at 7 p.m. EST (opens the original)
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Counting Distractions Across 75 Meditation Sittings (opens the original)
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IntroductionA basic instruction in breath meditation is to notice when attention has wandered and gently return it to the breath. With practice, we expect attention to become steadier. Yet this change can be difficult to perceive. A meditation may feel settled one day and restless the next, while gradual improvement remains hidden within the variability of individual sittings.To make this change more visible, I began counting genuine distractions during meditation with a small mechanical tally c
Online Meditation Begins Monday, September 21, at 7 p.m. EST (opens the original)
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Practising Meditation with Parkinson’s (opens the original)
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Research suggests that meditation may benefit people with Parkinson’s. The strongest evidence concerns reduced anxiety and depression, greater emotional balance, and improved quality of life. There are also promising, though less certain, findings concerning cognition, movement, neuroplasticity, inflammation, and dopamine (see related essay).Those findings matter, but they do not fully explain the personal value of meditation after a Parkinson’s diagnosis. Meditation offers something more intima
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