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News and Notes

1/12/2024

Mindful Eating Course to be Offered in January The Mindfulness Center will be offering another Mindful Eating Course starting this month.  The course is designed to help people alter their…

News and Notes

1/12/2024

New Introduction to Mindfulness for Healthcare Employees Course to Be Offered in February  The Mindfulness Center will begin offering a new course for healthcare employees starting in February.  This six-week…

Research Update

1/12/2024

The Impact of Mindfulness Interventions on Creativity The purpose of this study was to better understand the impact of mindfulness interventions on creative performance.  The investigators reviewed 37 studies, 20…

News and Notes

12/22/2023

New Introduction to Mindfulness for Healthcare Employees Course to Be Offered in January The Mindfulness Center will begin offering a new course for healthcare employees starting in January. This six-week…

Research Update

12/22/2023

Mindfulness-Oriented Recovery Enhancement in Individuals With Opioid Use Disorder Methadone treatment is a mainstay of therapy for opioid use disorder (OUD). However, medication treatment alone does not address the emotion…

News and Notes

12/1/2023

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

12/1/2023

Mindfulness-Based Interventions Lead to Brain Structural Changes This study investigated whether structural brain changes occur following mindfulness-based interventions. The authors conducted a meta-analysis including a total of 11 randomized controlled…

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…