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: ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Though most people have an understanding of what meditation is and some of its health benefits, one type of meditation called ...

Just because your body is tired, doesn't mean your brain is ready for bed. If your mind is still racing hours after your head hits the pillow, a nighttime meditation might be the answer. According to ...

Sleep is essential to our physical and mental well-being, yet millions of people struggle to get the quality rest they need each night. Whether due to stress, anxiety, poor sleep habits, or an ...

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." ...

Meditation has been shown to be an effective way to wind down and get to sleep—something that’s especially useful after a harried day of work. Mindfulness techniques have been shown to improve sleep ...

In early September, Tibetan monks carefully poured grains of colored sand onto a wooden table inside Slough Farm’s barn, transforming the space into a place of ritual, stillness, and attention. The ...

Are you paying attention? Maybe not. We spend nearly half our waking lives with wandering minds, Harvard University scientists found over a decade ago. When you’re trying to get something done — such ...

If you take a look around you, you'll see that meditation is pretty trendy lately. However, the powerful ancient practice is so much more than just a trend. Setting a few moments aside for stillness ...

With the ever-increasingly popularity of yoga and the growing awareness of the importance of maintaining good mental health, it’s not really any surprise that the last few years have seen a boom in ...

Noticing the here and now sounds simple, right? That’s the core of mindfulness practices, which invite participants to direct their attention to the present. “I define it as paying attention to our ...