Recent scientific studies suggest that people with mindfulness traits have the ability to calm their emotions by naming them. Mindfulness is a process where one is aware and receptive to present moment experiences. In a study conducted by UCLA researchers Matthew Leiberman and David Creswell, subjects in an MRI scanner were shown emotionally expressive faces. [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Mindfulness’
Name it to tame it
Posted in Mindfulness, Neuroscience, tagged Mindfulness, Neuroscience on July 6, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Teach Me to Care and Not to Care
Posted in Mindfulness, tagged Buddhism, Mindfulness on May 15, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
In his poem, Ash Wednesday, TS Eliot writes, “Teach us to care and not to care Teach us to sit still… These words are like a paradox. How can we care and at the same time not care? We have goals and desires and we want things to be a certain way. What Eliot is [...]
Our Two-Sided Brain
Posted in Mindfulness, Neuroscience, tagged Brain, Mindfulness, Neuroscience on April 28, 2010 | 4 Comments »
Our brains are composed of a left and right hemisphere connected by the corpus collosum, a small number of neural circuits located deep in the brain where energy and information is sent back and forth between the two sides. The left hemisphere is the more analytical, conceptual, fact based side that loves logical, linear, linguistic and [...]
Curiosity, Openness, Acceptance and Love
Posted in Mindfulness, tagged Brain, Mindfulness, Neuroscience on February 15, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Curiosity, Openness, Acceptance and Love (COAL) is an acronym invented by Dr. Daniel Siegel to describe the qualities of mindfulness. Interestingly, COAL are also the qualities present in secure parent/child attachments and between psychotherapist and patient in successful healing outcomes. It is a loving and openly accepting relationship between parent and child that determines how [...]
