Meditation and the Brain: Physiologic Effects, Mindfulness, and Mental Health

Course overview

Meditation practices have had a far reaching impact on our society. Its millions of devotees may be found practicing mindfulness from kindergarten classrooms to corporate boardrooms. The practice of meditation and its effects such as the qualities of mindful attention and awareness have proven to be clinically beneficial in a broad range of physiologic health outcomes along with enhanced emotional wellbeing. Yet most people even ardent advocates have only a superficial knowledge of what meditation is and how its practice interacts with the brain to affect changes in mind body and behavior. This 4 Hour INR webinar Meditation and the Brain: Physiologic Effects Mindfulness and Mental Health will introduce Mindful Meditation MM and its effects in enhancing quality of life for patients suffering from chronic pain fibromyalgia and HIV infection among other conditions. MM has been shown to help in patient adaptation to the diagnosis of cancer and diabetes. Some studies have also indicated MM may lead to symptomatic improvement in irritable bowel syndrome chronic fatigue syndrome hot flashes insomnia and stress related hyperphagia just to name a few conditions that have been studied in randomly controlled trials Ngo 2013. This course will not only present an in depth analysis of meditation and mindfulness but will also afford participants the opportunity to practice a wide variety of meditative techniques in an interactive workshop format.