Mindful Awareness Training System

How To Hack Your Sleep

neill — Wed, 17 Aug 2011 16:42:53 +0000

This is a Q&A with Daniel from sleephackdojo.com Neill: Why are you interested in sleep and why do you think that we should be too? Daniel: I’m a philosophy student, so I’m naturally very curious when it comes to things like consciousness and how our mind works. I always found it weird how we spend [...]

“Are You Part of the Mindfulness Revolution?”

neill — Wed, 13 Apr 2011 12:02:54 +0000

Since Jon Kabat-Zinn appeared on Bill Moyers in 1993, research on the applications of mindfulness has soared exponentially. His Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) program has splintered off into Mindfulness-Based Childbirth and Parenting (MBCP), Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT) for depressive relapse, Mindfulness-Based Relapse Prevention (MBRP) for addiction, MB-EAT for eating disorders and many more. Read the [...]

Meditation May Reduce Pain

neill — Mon, 11 Apr 2011 18:58:43 +0000

April 6, 2011 — Even very brief instruction in meditation appears to help people cope with pain, and a newly published brain imaging study may explain why. After just four, 20-minute instructional sessions in mindfulness meditation, most participants in the small study experienced big reductions in pain intensity and unpleasantness when subjected to painful stimuli. [...]

“Mindfulness therapy is no fad, experts say”

neill — Wed, 09 Mar 2011 22:36:38 +0000

“Mindfulness has become a buzzword, especially with younger therapists,” said Stefan Hofmann, a professor of psychology at Boston University’s Center for Anxiety and Related Disorders. Mindfulness therapy encourages patients to focus on their breathing and their body, to notice but not judge their thoughts and to generally live in the moment. It may sound a [...]

Video: How to Become Slightly Happier

Neil — Sun, 27 Feb 2011 15:27:46 +0000

This is a great presentation that strips away all the hyperbole and exaggerated claims around self-help. Here’s a resource I recommend on how to use your thoughts to become happier: Think Happy.

Mindfulness meditation training changes brain structure in 8 weeks

Neil — Sun, 23 Jan 2011 15:10:39 +0000

Here’s a really interesting article about research showing that mindfulness meditation changes the structure of your brain for the better. Participating in an 8-week mindfulness meditation program appears to make measurable changes in brain regions associated with memory, sense of self, empathy and stress. In a study that will appear in the January 30 issue [...]

Get A Perfect Memory Using Free Software

Neil — Thu, 02 Dec 2010 12:06:28 +0000

Memorising information and data is becoming less necessary now that everything we could every possibly need to know is accessible on the internet and just a few clicks away. But there is something to be said for having instant access to certain information from your own mind.

Video: Nutrients For Better Mental Performance

neill — Mon, 13 Sep 2010 20:03:44 +0000

This is a presentation about what kind of food you need to eat in order to get better mental performance. If you want to know what and how to cook in order to boost your mental performance then check out the Palaeolithic Cookbook.

But Will It Make You Happy?

Neil — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 16:03:26 +0000

Here’s an article from the New York Times about the benefits of leading a less materialistic life. Not very controversial, I’m sure we’ve all heard this before. Personally, one of the reasons I choose to own as little as possible is purely because I’ve moved so many times in my life. I hate packing! It’s [...]

Video: Benefits of Barefoot Running

Neil — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 10:48:22 +0000

Funnily enough it turns out that our feet have evolved for walking and running and that fancy shoes actually cause injuries. In other news… hands turn out to be really good for picking up and holding things.