Mindfulness meditation helps to control emotions, says study

Anyone looking for a way to control their negative emotions might benefit from some mindfulness meditation, according to a study published in the journalFrontiers in Human Neuroscience.

The University of California-Berkeley define mindfulness as: “Maintaining a moment-by-moment awareness of our thoughts, feelings, bodily sensations, and surrounding environment.”

A Harvard Help Guide tells us that: “Above all, mindfulness practice involves accepting whatever arising in your awareness at each moment.”

Mindfulness has gained popularity in recent years. Rooted in religious practice and prayer, and especially in Buddhism, proponents claimthat it can benefit the immune system, improve attention and memory, and increase the density of gray matter in the brain.

It is said to enhance compassion, to ease relationship behaviors, to help people to overcome addiction, and to reduce stress.

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