From the pressures of tight deadlines to anxiety about job security, the stresses of the workplace take their toll far beyond the office, infiltrating our relationships, undermining our thoughts—and ...

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It’s no secret that meditation is a great tool for promoting calm, reducing stress, anxiety, and depression, and for becoming more present and focused in your everyday life. For runners, in particular ...

Mindfulness meditation practices resulted in improved sleep quality for older adults with moderate sleep disturbance in a clinical trial comparing meditation to a more structured program focusing on ...

Half of people over age 55 have a sleep problem, but a new study suggests meditating can improve sleep in those who can’t seem to get enough. In the study, published in the journal JAMA Internal ...

Meditating may help older adults sleep better, a new study suggests. The study involved about 50 adults in Los Angeles ages 55 and older who had trouble sleeping, including difficulty falling asleep ...

The average adult needs at least seven hours of sleep each night. Yet 1 in 3 Americans regularly get less, prompting some researchers to describe sleep deprivation as "a public health epidemic." ...

Mindful meditation — sitting quietly while focusing on breathing and being "present"— improves sleep quality in older adults better than other relaxation techniques, according to a study published ...

A team of researchers has made a ground-breaking discovery on the use of the popular mindfulness meditation app, Calm, in improving sleep in adults with sleep disturbance. Image Credit: ...

For many adults, factors like stress can lead to sleeping difficulty. Meditation, like a body scan, may help improve sleep. Here are three ways to practice. If you have trouble falling asleep at night ...

In order to be able to sleep, we have to be able to relax and let go of the day’s stress and tension. We can’t make ourselves sleep; we can only allow sleep to occur. Trying to sleep only results in ...