Filmed during Mind & Life Institute’s “Mind & Life XIII: Investigating the Mind: The Science and Clinical Applications of Meditation” on November 8-10, 2005. Session Four – Clinical Research II: Meditation & Physical HealthSPEAKERS:David S. ShepsJohn F. Sheridan As scientific research establishes that many “physical diseases” are modulated by psychological processes such as stressful life …

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Filmed during Mind & Life Institute’s “Mind & Life XIII: Investigating the Mind: The Science and Clinical Applications of Meditation” on November 8-10, 2005. Session Three – Clinical Research I: Meditation & Mental HealthSPEAKERS:Helen S. Mayberg, M.D.Zindel V. Segal, Ph.D. With the advent of MBSR and more recently, MBCT (mindfulness-based cognitive therapy), meditative practices have …

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Filmed during Mind & Life Institute’s “Mind & Life XIII: Investigating the Mind: The Science and Clinical Applications of Meditation” on November 8-10, 2005. Session Two – Possible Biological Substrates of MeditationSPEAKERS: Robert M. SapolskyWolf Singer Modern scientific knowledge of how stress affects the brain and body and how the brain can become re-organized to …

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Filmed during Mind & Life Institute’s “Mind & Life XIII: Investigating the Mind: The Science and Clinical Applications of Meditation” on November 8, 2005. Introduction & Opening RemarksSPEAKERS:R. Adam EngleEdward D. MillerJohn J. DeGioiaHis Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama Session One – Meditation-Based Clinical Interventions: Science, Practice and Implementation SPEAKERS:Ajahn AmaroRichard J. Davidson Jon Kabat-Zinn …

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