The American Psychological Association (APA) defines compassion as “a strong feeling of sympathy with another person’s feelings of sorrow or distress, usually…
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The concepts described and explained here are taken from Mikulas, William. L. (2010). Mindfulness: Significant common confusions. Retrieved from https://mindfulness.worldsecuresystems.com/publications/pdfs/Peer-reviewed-articles/Mindfulness_Significant_Common_Confusions_Mikulas_2010.pdfI…
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A regular meditation practice primes the brain to become familiar with a stillness, a settled quietude and equanimity. This priming…
When you hear people talk about creating new neural pathways, they are talking about potentiation; the increase in strength of…