Category: Science Revealing the Power of Mindfulness

Harvard Business Review  January 8, 2015 by Christina Congleton, Britta K. Holzel, Sara W. Lazar The business world is abuzz with mindfulness.  Recent research provides strong evidence that practicing non-judgmental, present-moment awareness (a.k.a. mindfulness) changes the brain, and it does so in ways that anyone working in today’s complex business environment, and certainly every leader, […]

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Anderson Cooper reports on 60 minutes what it’s like to try to achieve “mindfulness,” a self-awareness scientists say is very healthy, but rarely achieved in today’s world of digital distractions.  Congressman Tim Ryan says mindfulness can change America for the better.  To listen to the report click here

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New research shows long-term, lasting improvements from practicing Sudarshan Kriya yoga. by Rose Caiola on September 8, 2014 The issues our veterans face are very important to me. I’m a big supporter of Congressman Tim Ryan’s work to improve the quality and variety of care that America’s heroes receive and what Mindful Nation does with […]

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By Sabrina Eaton, Plain Dealer Washington Reporter WASHINGTON, D.C. – Niles Democratic Rep. Tim Ryan — who has become a congressional evangelist for a meditation technique known as “mindfulness” and even authored a book on the subject — announced today that universities in Northeast Ohio and Philadelphia will get $3.6 million from the National Institutes […]

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By Molly ball, The Atlantic, August 13, 2014. Tim Ryan’s job was killing him. By the time he was 35, the Democrat was already in his third term in Congress, and he was exhausted. Campaigning, fund-raising, legislating, barnstorming through his swing state for presidential candidates, governors, and senators—it had all taken a toll. So just […]

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Well, a blog of New York Times featured an article by Daniel Goleman on May 12, 2014 on using mindfulness exercises to treat ADHD.  Poor planning, wandering attention and trouble inhibiting impulses all signify lapses in cognitive control. Now a growing stream of research suggests that strengthening this mental muscle, usually with exercises in so-called […]

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  A new study by researchers in Wisconsin, Spain, and France reports the first evidence of specific molecular changes in the body following a period of mindfulness meditation. “To the best of our knowledge, this is the first paper that shows rapid alterations in gene expression within subjects associated with mindfulness meditation practice,” says study […]

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The Power of Concentration By Maria Konnikova, The New York Times Meditation and mindfulness: the words conjure images of yoga retreats and Buddhist monks. But perhaps they should evoke a very different picture: a man in a deerstalker, puffing away at a curved pipe, Mr. Sherlock Holmes himself. The world’s greatest fictional detective is someone […]

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Reading Bodies, Touching Minds: How eye contact, facial expressions, and body language are the key to connection By Emma Seppala, Psychology Today Just by looking at someone, you experience them. Ever fallen in love at first sight or had a “gut feeling” about someone? You internally resonated with them. Ever seen someone trip and momentarily […]

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People with Self-Compassion Make Better Relationship Partners From the University of Texas at Austin Practicing self-compassion not only makes individuals healthier and happier but also is a good predictor of healthy romantic relationships, according to a new study by University of Texas at Austin educational psychologists Kristin Neff and Tasha Beretvas. Their findings counter traditional […]

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