Kindness is its own good—but it can also bring health benefits.
Learning how to stay focused in the present has beneficial long-term results.
A critical look at the research suggests its benefits are less than advertised.
But a tailored mindfulness program may negate the negative impact of imprisonment.
New Age meditation practices are being deployed everywhere—from prisons to tense office buildings.
Much of the forbidden, obscure, and esoteric knowledge that once made Buddhism and other religions difficult to study has now become accessible—with potentially dangerous results.
New research finds having no distractions makes most of us uncomfortable.
New research suggests that meditation or any other mood-enhancing activity can serve as a nutrient for the human body.
Can mindfulness help heal our wounded soldiers?
New research finds major health benefits of meditation for African Americans with heart disease.
Plenty of followers swear by meditation to cure a long list of ails. But how does it work? Neuroscientist Clifford Saron, of the University of California, Davis, and a Who’s Who of peers, are spending millions to find out.
Studies looking at the brains of people playing a fairness game found very different responses between Buddhist meditators and other participants.
New research indicates Transcendental Meditation may help reduce symptoms of depression, which could also lower the risk of heart disease.
Two new studies of psychological stress provide another reason we all need to unwind, and suggest an effective way of doing so.
Brain-injury research from the University of Missouri provides evidence that feelings of spiritual transcendence are the product of specific brain activity.
Research is confirming the medicinal effects that advocates have long claimed for meditation.
A documentary about a meditation program among convicted murderers sparks discussion about the benefits religion and spirituality offer inmates and officials.