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5 Useful Study Tips January 11, 2024 admin 2-min. read Sometimes studying can be difficult, especially if students struggle with motivation or are easily distracted. So, I thought it would be helpful to share some tips that may be useful to your student(s). My first tip is meditation.

College students face no shortage of stressors. Classes, assignments, jobs and friends all start to add up as the quarter progresses. The cacophony of new responsibilities, obligations and distractions are hard to work through. 

Results from a new neuroimaging study could be used to enhance wellbeing and inform interventions for mental health conditions.

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Griffin Colapinto and Jack Robinson say meditation could lead them to surfing world titles. Legends like Tom Carroll and Gerry Lopez, avid practitioners, agree.

Sometimes it can be hard to fall asleep at night. Consider using this 3-step meditation for sleep, that's under 10 minutes.

For a lot of people, meditation techniques can have a counterproductive effect but this one might just help.

“For so long historically, we had to be extremely strong,” one mental health therapist says.

This article discusses the power of meditation and how beneficial it is for the body. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) has shown many positive brain changes and improved several brain functions. Meditation has several benefits improving the immune system and inflammatory processes by decreasing cytokine; appropriate telomere shortening also has helped healthy aging. Regarding physical health, meditation has been beneficial in various multi-factorial diseases like diabetes, hypertension, and fibromyalgia. It has also helped bring down blood cholesterol levels and increase high-density lipoproteins (HDL) levels. Improvement was also seen in systolic and diastolic blood pressure. Mental health is another aspect influenced by meditation, as positive emotion brought about by meditation helps address various mental problems like social anxiety disorder, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), anxiety, and depression. Overall, it seems to have some impact in all health areas. However, the magnitude of its effect is not known. More diverse and detailed studies should yield more beneficial clinical outcomes.
 

A Certified Peer Recovery Specialist at the David Lawrence Centers for Behavioral Health in Naples said yoga and meditation are good for mental health, especially for people in substance use recovery.

Meditation brings numerous benefits to the mind and body by reducing stress and increasing focus. In our fast-paced world, there’s growing interest in practicing this in order to combat restlessness […] More

Tuning into your five senses -- sight, touch, sound, smell and taste -- can help keep you calm.

Blue Monday is apparently the most miserable day of the year - but it doesn't have to be that way.

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In a paper published in Nature Mental Health, Northeastern psychology professor Susan Whitfield-Gabrieli advises policy makers to consider turning to the low-cost, readily available practice of mindfulness meditation to change brain activity associated with mental illness.

Exam related stress and anxiety is normal despite studying enough. Meditation and breathing techniques can help prepare you child well for exam.

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A recent study published in Frontiers in Psychology explores the potential positive impact of mindfulness meditation and psychedelic use on leadership development among business managers. The research highlights how both practices contribute to enhanced well-being, awareness, creativity, and interpersonal attitudes

Explore the essence of meditation, tracing its ancient origins to its modern benefits. Dive into the science behind its impact on the brain and practical daily techniques.

Meditation, long confined to religious and spiritual domains, has found a new home in our secular society. Meditation here is not a spiritual pursuit but a

A meditation that guides people to practice unconditional kindness to themselves and others helps people with a history of depression recall specific personal memories, according to a new study published in the journal PLOS ONE by Amanda Lathan and Barbara Dritschel of the University of St. Andrews, UK.

A mom of two reflects on how her yoga practice slowly helped her become less frantic as she moves about her kitchen and her life.

A new study reveals that daily mindfulness meditation can help reduce individuals' tendency to avoid negative information.

Students across the world seeking instruction in meditation flock to a tiny flat in Kolkata that belonged to renowned Buddhist meditation master Dipa Ma who in