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How Mindfulness & Meditation Can Reshape Our Brains with Dr Sara Lazar

Published: July 26, 2022, 4 a.m.

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Mindful Matters Podcast host Elaine Clark is joined with Dr. Sara Lazar, neuroscientist, Ted Talk speaker and co-author of "Meditation and Psychotherapy".\\xa0 In this episode, Dr. Lazar speaks to us about how practicing mindfulness, meditation, and yoga can reshape our brain.\\xa0

Episode Highlights:
- Dr. Lazar and her research\\xa0
- What neuroplasticity is\\xa0
- Why exercising the brain in a new way is so beneficial\\xa0
- How mindfulness and meditation can reshape the brain\\xa0
- The brain regions of the default mode network and their function
- A wandering mind is an unhappy mind
- How mindfulness can soften the critical mind\\xa0
- Benefits of mindfulness & meditation\\xa0
- The best kind of mindfulness & meditation to practice\\xa0
- How long we need to meditate in order to experience benefits\\xa0
- Dr. Lazar's upcoming research
- How stress changes the brain\\xa0

For more information about Dr. Sara Lazar please visit\\xa0

https://scholar.harvard.edu/sara_lazar/home

https://scholar.harvard.edu/sara_lazar/our-research

Contact Us
info@blumatterproject.com
https://blumatterproject.com/\\xa0

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