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The Modern Science of Mindfulness, with Dr. Richie Davidson

Mindfulness Exercises, with Sean Fargo

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The Effects of Meditation on Inflammation

For some people, their brain is aging more quickly than their chronological age. And for other people their brain is Aging more slowly compared to their chronological Age. One of the factors which is a trigger for neurodegeneration is neuro inflammation. We know that there's inflammation in the body and that plays a role in many chronic illnesses. There's also inflammation in the brain. For the first time we can measure this noninvasively in humans. The pandemic has exacerbated many of these trends.

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