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News and Notes

11/9/2023

Free Mindfulness Game  One of the more valuable skills gained from an 8-week MBSR course is the ability to see one’s involuntary thoughts as generally irrelevant but distracting brain activity…

Research Update

11/9/2023

Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction Can Relieve Loneliness, Anxiety, and Depression in Individuals with Cancer Mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) has been suggested as an effective approach for relieving stress in patients with…

News and Notes

9/14/2023

Innovative Mindfulness Training Research At the University of Virginia, we are testing three versions of a highly interactive open-awareness (versus breath-focused) game to help people train their brains to recognize…

Research Update

9/14/2023

Both a Mediterranean Diet and Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction Reduced the Percentage of Newborns Born Small for Gestational Age Following High-Risk Pregnancies Being born small for gestational age is a leading…

News and Notes

8/31/2023

Payment Options for Mindfulness Center Courses Most Mindfulness Center courses are offered with sliding scale tuition, allowing participants to choose the amount they will pay from among three tiers.  For…

Research Update

8/31/2023

Mindfulness Added to Usual Treatment Is More Effective than Usual Treatment Alone among Patients with Chronic Migraine or Medication Overuse Headache Investigators in Italy studied the effect of a six-session…

News and Notes

8/8/2023

Mindfulness-Based Habit Change is a six-week, 90-minute Zoom course that combines mindfulness practices with the neuroscience behind how habits are formed and how to change the unwanted ones.  Registration is…

Research Update

8/8/2023

These investigators studied the effect of short, practical meditation practices on emotion and cognitive functioning in meditation-naive participants. They randomized subjects (aged 18-45) who were non-experienced meditators to either 13-minute…

News and Notes

7/7/2023

Mindfulness-Based Habit Change Class to be Offered this Fall Mindfulness-Based Habit Change is a six-week, 90-minute Zoom course that combines mindfulness practices with the neuroscience behind how habits are formed and…

Research Update

7/7/2023

Efficacy of a Mindfulness and Compassion-Based Intervention in Psychotherapists Mindfulness and compassion-based interventions (MCBI) have been shown to positively influence psychotherapy skills and have the potential to improve therapists’ relationships…