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New article out: mindfulness training changes in SN connectivity correlate with rumination and attention

"Ultimately it is easier to imagine a better future for mental and physical health together than for either alone." @edbullmore argues that we should drop the distinction between mental and physical health. theguardian.com/books/2022/sep…

With the possibility of Donald Trump returning to Twitter, can you retweet this and follow me to help continue pushing Biden's Wins out to the world?

@wilmettejeff @jhalifax How appropriate that the google search turns up nothing!😉

@jhalifax I love this painting and Google lens/image search turns up nothing. Do you mind sharing any info you have about it?

Spring Practice Period has opened so beautifully. Zendo gently full. Old friends online. Teachings have been so rich. Harmony deep. Making the Invisible Visible... I teach tomorrow. Grateful. Know that you can join us and donation deeply appreciated:

The IMP organization is dedicated to the education and training of mental health professionals. The article below explains how meditation and psychotherapy work together, and how it can benefit professionals who want to further expand their understanding. harleytherapy.co.uk/counselling/me…

New paper out with my good friend and colleague Javeria Hashmi @netphys1 Separation of PAG regions in the context of pain doi.org/10.1016/j.neur…

Strengthen the Brain and Improve Cognition in Older Adults with Mindfulness contemplative-studies.org/wp/index.php/2…

New article with UConn folks about impact of yoga on attitudes towards diet. Internalized weight stigma and intuitive eating among stressed adults during a mindful yoga intervention: associations with changes in mindfulness and self-compassion tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

Dr. Lazar has a new article published on Complementary Therapies in Clinical Practice! "Yoga participation associated with changes in dietary patterns and stress: A pilot study in stressed adults with poor diet" Free access link for the next 50 days: authors.elsevier.com/c/1dko56CeC2JN…

A little humor (that is funny because its true...) theonion.com/scientist-real…

Very happy to announce a new review article about the effects of mindfulness training on cognitive function! In collaboration with Tim Whitfield, Natalie Marchant, Becky Acabchuk, @Dave_Vago, @Antoine_Lutz, @TBarnhofer, et al. link.springer.com/article/10.100…

@kathryndevaney @danielmingram So happy to support Kati in this adventure! So much to learn about the potential of the human mind.

A very exciting weekend spent collecting pilot data with @LabLazar. We got several hours worth of fMRI of jhana meditation and attention tasks in the scanner (plus a few more speculative events that I won't mention until I see the data). Stay tuned for results!

I'll be giving a Keynote at the Global Yoga Therapy Day on Aug 14th at noon. Other Keynotes by Dean Ornish, Shirley Telles, Gary Kraftsow, Holger Cramer and many more! hopin.com/events/gytd

Sara and lab alum Omar Singleton will be speaking at the International Conference on Mindfulness 2021 at 11AM EDT tomorrow (7/7)! #mindfulness #ICM2021 @mindfulness_au Make sure to check-out the event page for more info: events.au.dk/icm2021/front-…

Check out this poster for the Asia-Pacific Mindfulness Conference 2021! The conference will be held online (8/14-29) and will feature Dr. Sara Lazar as one of its speakers.

This second one concerns the neural mechanisms related to elevated sustained attention in long term meditators. mdpi.com/2076-3425/11/5…

Today, we'd like to share with you two new papers on long-term meditators!