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How Mindfulness Meditation Works

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By Traci Pedersen Associate News Editor
Reviewed by John M. Grohol, Psy.D. on October 31, 2012

"Mindfulness helps individuals release negative emotions and thoughts, while encouraging more positive feelings such as compassion and forgiveness. But how does this type of meditation actually work?"

"Researchers at Brigham and Women’s Hospital have devised a new model that sheds new light on the science behind mindfulness."

"Instead of describing mindfulness as a single dimension of cognition, the researchers show that mindfulness involves a large framework of complex mechanisms in the brain that lead a person down the path of developing self-awareness, self-regulation, and self-transcendence (S-ART)."

"According to the researchers, in order to achieve self awareness during meditation, one must do the following: reduce biases and negative thoughts, regulate one’s behavior, and increase positive, pro-social relationships with oneself and others ..." [Click on the link, read the full article.]