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Meditation holds the potential to help treat children suffering from traumas, difficult diagnoses or other stressors – a behavioral neuroscientist explains Children actively meditating experience lower activity in parts of the brain involved in rumination, mind-wandering and depression, our team found in the first brain-imaging study of young people under 18 years old, published in 2022. Over-activity in this collection of brain regions, known as the default mode network, is thought to be involved in the generation of negative self-directed…

The art of mindfulness: 5 simple habits to reclaim joy in the present Between the constant ping of phone notifications, juggling work deadlines, and trying to maintain a semblance of social life, we rarely get a moment to just…be. This is exactly why mindfulness isn’t some “nice-to-have” concept anymore—it’s become a survival skill. It’s the simple but powerful practice of truly immersing yourself in the present moment, rather than letting the mind dart between regrets of the past and fears…