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The Modern Science of Mindfulness, with Dr. Richie Davidson

Mindfulness Exercises, with Sean Fargo

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The Importance of Mindfulness in Physical Health

The third theme is related to these, and that is the biodeirectional communication between the mind and brain and the body. And we know that people who report higher levels of well being are physically healthier. There's a whole corpus of scientific evidence on the changes in systemic biology biology below the neck that's relevant to physical health,. showing that certain kinds of meditation practices can have beneficial biological effects. The last theme that I'd like to mention is probably the most controversial among these fourthese three themes at this point in time are extremely well established. But the fourth is a little bit more controversial, although there is a very substantial corpus ofscientific evidence that's growing that is supportive of this.

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