
SCIENCE & RESOURCES

HOW MEDITATION CAN CHANGE OUR BRAINS
HELPFUL RESOURCES FROM MINDSTREAM
1. http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/04/20/us-health-depression-idUSKBN0NB2KO20150420
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2. http://theantimedia.org/study-confirms-mindfulness-meditation-as-effective-as-big-pharma/
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3. http://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2015/05/meditation-may-relieve-ibs-and-ibd/
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4. http://www.webmd.com/menopause/news/20060913/meditation-may-cool-hot-flashes

"One hand on my heart and the other on my core, with a solid rock to have my back on a beautiful trail in Sonoma County. I recommend finding a place in nature to just breathe in the sights and sounds, inside and outside the body."
-Gina Jackson-
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Brain scans of the hippocampus, showing the regions the researchers determined were affected by meditation.
Image adapted from B.Hölzel, et al., Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging January 30, 2011, pp. 36-43.



