Meditation is proven not only to relieve anxiety and stress in the short term, but it can help you better manage future ...

Anxiety, a pervasive mental health issue, has become the most prevalent psychological disorder worldwide. Despite its widespread occurrence, it is entirely solvable, provided we are willing to take ...

The first study ever to directly compare medication to meditation for anxiety finds the two methods work equally well at reducing symptoms. The finding, published Wednesday in the journal JAMA ...

OCD can manifest itself in many different ways, such as a focus on contamination and cleaning, or compulsions to make your ...

A new study provides solid evidence that meditation is as effective as daily medication for those suffering from anxiety disorders. And meditation comes without the risk of side effects. There are ...

Guided meditations help take some of the stress out of regular meditation, as they show listeners the way. So, if you find it challenging to sit quietly with your thoughts, but you’ve been hoping to ...

All 12 treatment completers appreciated the program as a whole, were glad they had participated and stated that they had in one way or another experienced it as an enrichment to their lives. Five ...

Mindfulness meditation worked as well as a standard drug for treating anxiety in the first head-to-head comparison. The study tested a widely used mindfulness program that includes 2 1/2 hours of ...

A new study on anxiety in JAMA Psychiatry shows a mindfulness program works as well as the popular anti-anxiety medication Lexapro. Researchers compared a practice of daily mindfulness meditation to ...

In recent years there has been a steady stream of research showing the power of mindfulness meditation to reduce anxiety. Until now, the specific brain mechanisms of how meditation relieves anxiety at ...

Chare’A Smith sat down for her first meditation session as an eight year old in elementary school. But she didn’t realize just how much she’d need the practice until she was diagnosed with depression ...

There is much to be gained from meditation – from stress management to enhanced self-compassion. However, one of meditation’s key effects has to do with un-doing rather than acquiring anything.