Victoria Hansen: What are you thinking right now? Research shows the average person has 60,000 thoughts a day. Most are negative.

“Our attention is often caught with our own thinking”, said Dr. Baron Short at MUSC.

Short said that’s why he studies an ancient practice he believes can reduce stress. He found it worked in his own life and wants to prove it scientifically.

“We may find that meditation before (in the past) may have been an interest or pursuit of a few and it may become a necessity for many,” Short said.

Meditation may be shrouded in mystery. But Dr. Short believes it physically changes our brains.

So, he studies the brains …