On a recent rainy Tuesday evening, a small group of students gathered at the Owen Brown Interfaith Center in Columbia. Filing into Meeting Room 213, they quietly took their seats in rows facing a ...

Last night, Lizzo shared a selfie accompanied by an uplifting caption: "Goin' live tomorrow morning to do a mass meditation, we need healing from fear during this global crisis," she wrote. "If you ...

On Halloween, turnout at the Advaita Meditation Center in Waltham was lower than usual, but still, nearly 30 people filled the rooms of the old Victorian mansion. They attended a variety of classes, ...

Since a young age, Richard J. Davidson was interested in the brain and the way it affects all aspects of human existence. But the Brooklyn, New York, native didn’t think about meditation’s potential ...

Zach Holden starts and ends his days the same way: with 15 to 30 minutes of meditation. He says meditation makes him feel relaxed, less tired during the day and sharper mentally. But he thinks it has ...

For many people, the word “meditation” sounds intimidating—like something reserved for monks or wellness influencers with endless free time. But science shows that meditation may help reduce anxiety, ...

Researchers using intracranial electroencephalogram (EEG) recordings from deep within the brain found that meditation led to changes in activity in the amygdala and hippocampus, key brain regions ...