Mindfulness news round-up Jan/Feb 2011

February 2011

Meditation beats dance for harmonising body and mind (UC Berkeley News Center)

How meditation helps beat stress by changing patterns of gene activity (The Times of India)

How meditation may change the brain (New York Times)

TV piece on the latest research on mindfulness from Massachussets (Fox News)

Mindfulness therapy puts the focus on improving the quality of body and spirit (Boston Globe)

January 2011

Until there’s a pill, “female Viagra” is all in your head - mindfulness and its impact on sex drive (Gay City News)

Mindfulness meditation may strengthen certain brain regions (wildmind)

Jon Kabat Zinn and others discuss mindfulness (BBC World Service)

Mindfulness therapy can treat anxiety, depression, experts say - latimes.com