There is evidence that meditation boost your IQ score, some scientists propose up to a 20 point increase in IQ. Chade-Meng Tan introduced the Search Inside Yourself program into Google in 2007 – specifically designed to use mindfulness to develop … Continue reading →
An excellent resource for improving wellbeing Mindfulness practice trains our minds to work for us, rather than just do their own, fairly random thing from moment to moment. Short term, this allows us to be calmer, more clear, and generally … Continue reading →
Ever heard the expression ‘Monkey Mind’? As a description of the stressed, untrained mind I find it very evocative. The practice of meditation is the oldest mind training skill we known of. Mindfulness Meditation in particular is very effective in reducing … Continue reading →
Emotional Intelligence Can Make Your Career Emotional intelligence (EI) can be described as your ability to recognize and understand emotions in yourself and others, and your ability to use this awareness to manage your behaviour and relationships. Decades of research now … Continue reading →
Mild cognitive impairment (MCI) can affect up to 20% of the population at any one time—and half of them will progress to full-on dementia. Now, a recent study published in Neuroscience Letters finds as little as 15 minutes of daily meditation can … Continue reading →
In Mindfulness, we talk a lot about stress reduction – it is a subject very close to our client’s hearts (and heads, and central nervous systems, and immune systems…) So just what is the current view of stress in … Continue reading →
I first learned meditation in the early 1980s, when I took a Transcendental Meditation course. I found this very helpful to me at that time, and I maintained a good home practice for many years. I found it gave … Continue reading →