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The Press Association: Group psychology involving Buddhist meditation techniques can be just as effective at combating depression as medication, a study has found. The treatment, known as mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT), helps people focus on the present instead of dwelling on the past or planning the future. Read more here.

Globe and Mail: The patients are sitting still, their eyes closed, meditating, on the floor of a group therapy room at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health in Toronto. It is the fifth week of an eight-week training course in mindfulness meditation for people recovering from depression. Mindfulness-based psychotherapy is growing rapidly in popularity, and these patients are part of a clinical trial to assess whether it can prevent relapses as effectively as antidepressant medications. Read more here.

A not-entirely-random selection of blog posts on meditation.

Dedication to meditation, days 7 - 15

Meditation: Psychotherapy’s Ancient New Tool

Meditation techniques

It’s not like that

Meditation boot camp
Happiness and meditation

A not-entirely-random selection of blog posts on meditation.

Meditation Demystified

Vidyamala talks about meditation and pain (MP3 audio)

Walking meditation

Meditation, Mindfulness, Psychotherapy, and Buddhism

Geek meditation

New York Times: Mindfulness meditation, as it is called, is rooted in the teachings of a fifth-century B.C. Indian prince, Siddhartha Gautama, later known as the Buddha. It is catching the attention of talk therapists of all stripes, including academic researchers, Freudian analysts in private practice and skeptics who see all the hallmarks of another fad. For years, psychotherapists have worked to relieve suffering by reframing the content of patients’ thoughts, directly altering behavior or helping people gain insight into … Click to read more »