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Mindfulness and meditation have steadily gained recognition as invaluable tools for promoting mental and emotional well-being, especially within the realm of public education.

Last week’s column discussed anxiety as a response to a perceived threat. It causes feelings of worry, apprehension, and tension and is driven by uncertainty. Danger or survival is a normal “fight or flight” reaction according to Donnelley et al. The sympathetic nervous system activates the hypothalamus which stimulates the pituitary gland to produce stress

Daniel Goleman, Tsoknyi Rinpoche walk us through science, practice of meditation in book excerpt.

Less than seconds after the word “NO” is uttered, dozens of stress-producing hormones and neurotransmitters erupt in the ...

It’s rare that something thousands of years old feels trendy, but meditation has managed that. Some archaeologists date ...

It's only recently that sleeping and doing very little - the ways human beings have always rested - have come to be seen as an insufficient response to life's difficulties.

Since March 2020, it feels like the bad news cycle has been on a never-ending loop. It’s easy to feel like the world is falling apart and there’s nothing you can do about it – which is overwhelming, to say the least.

Stress is a part of everyday lives. It can be beneficial to an extent, but when it disrupts the equilibrium in which our nervous system is capable of performing better, it becomes troublesome.

Waltham Council on Aging Community Content The Waltham Council on Aging is dedicated to the needs and interests of Waltham elders. Board meetings are held at 11:30 a.m. on the third Monday of the month, at the William F. Stanley Senior Center, 488 Main St. No meetings are held in July and August. The main phone number is 781-314-3499. : The 2021 Parking Stickers will be available for purchase by mail only beginning Dec. 1. This program is for Waltham residents ages 62 or older. A copy of one’...

Still ahead, two days after a dallas police officer is sentenced for killing an unarmed man in his own apartment, a key witness who testified during the trial, according to attorneys, is found shot dead. what happened? >> the sounds and vibration kind of act like a butterfly net. its really helpful to catch that mind chatter that were bombarded with throughout the day. sound healing is the use of sound and vibration for supporting people in getting into whats called the relaxation response. the ...