Elizabeth Cohen

Free Evening Sessions of MBSR

ecohen — Wed, 16 Jan 2013 11:00:27 +0000

Photo courtesy of smotritelll on Flickr

You are warmly invited to attend a FREE introductory session to the Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) program, currently scheduled for the following evenings:

Monday, January 28th, 6:00 to 7:30 pm
Monday, February 4th, 6:00 to 7:30 pm

Both sessions will be held at The Center for Natural & Integrative Medicine, 6651 Vineland Rd., Suite 150, Orlando, FL 32819

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How Mindfulness Meditation Alters the Brain

ecohen — Thu, 30 Jun 2011 20:14:48 +0000

Sian Beilock

Sian Beilock, a psychology professor at The University of Chicago and an expert on brain science, recently wrote: “mindfulness is a capacity for heightened present-moment awareness that we all possess to a greater or lesser extent. Training this capacity seems to have a quieting effect on brain areas associated with our subjective appraisal of our self. By considering thoughts and feelings as transitory mental events that occur, but are separate from the self, people are able to lessen their hold on their worries and positive mental health outcomes follow.” read more

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Oprah features MBSR

ecohen — Fri, 03 Jun 2011 19:53:16 +0000

Courtesy of Oprah.com

In a project called The Happiness Experiment, Oprah Magazine sends one woman to test drive MBSR. Learn about the firsthand accounts of someone attracted to the study by Richard Davidson, PhD, and Jon Kabat-Zinn, PhD, in which mindfulness meditation caused the brains of biotech workers to light up where the happiness regions are.

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