attention

Key points of awareness, Part I

Keys to Awareness Feel that your own well-being and functioning matters. Get on your own side; be for yourself. Question:…

March 15, 2014

Mindfulness training improves attention in children

A short training course in mindfulness improves children's ability to ignore distractions and concentrate better. These are the findings of…

September 10, 2013

Meditation before multitasking can calm stress, aid concentration

Need to do some serious multitasking? Some training in meditation beforehand could make the work smoother and less stressful, new…

June 17, 2012

Seven steps to taking control of your attention

Moment to moment, the flows of thoughts and feelings, sensations and desires, and conscious and unconscious processes sculpt your nervous…

February 23, 2012

Meditation prevents mind-wandering

Jordan Konnel, Yale Daily News: A recent Yale study has verified that meditation can help improve concentration skills. Judson Brewer,…

December 7, 2011

Meditation may help brain tune out distractions

Experienced meditators seem to be able switch off areas of the brain associated with daydreaming as well as psychiatric disorders…

November 21, 2011

How meditating helps with multitasking

Tina Barseghian: There’s no question that for both kids and adults, our attention is divided. Texts, emails, Twitter, Facebook are…

October 27, 2011

The breathing as an adventure of discovery

One of my Skype workshop participants recently wrote with a request for advice, which (slightly edited) was as follows: I…

October 18, 2011

The Open-Focus Brain, by Dr. Les Fehmi & Jim Robbins

My first read of The Open-Focus Brain: Harnessing the Power of Attention to Heal Mind and Body, by Dr. Les…

June 13, 2011

Meditation may help the brain ‘turn down the volume’ on distractions

The positive effects of mindfulness meditation on pain and working memory may result from an improved ability to regulate a…

April 23, 2011