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Healthy Minds in Practice: Tonglen for Eco-Anxiety

August 25, 2020

Eco-anxiety is fear and distress regarding the environmental and climate crises we face today. Tonglen is a Tibetan Buddhist meditation practice that focuses on giving and receiving, and can be particularly helpful when dealing with eco-anxiety and climate despair. Dekila Chungyalpa, Director of the Loka Initiative, shares a nine-minute practice designed to transform your eco-anxiety into the motivation to heal others.

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Research Suggests Common Mindfulness Program Unlikely to Cause Harm

August 18, 2020

Researchers at the Center for Healthy Minds found that people who took part in the most common and widely available secular mindfulness program did not experience psychological harm at a rate higher compared to people in control groups who did not take part in the program.

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Healthy Minds in Practice: Interdependence With Nature

August 14, 2020

Reawakening a sense of connection to all beings on the earth is a way to feel part of something bigger, and can help enhance awareness as we notice the ways in which our lives are deeply connected with everything on the planet. Dekila Chungyalpa, Director of the Loka Initiative, shares a five-minute practice designed to strengthen your experience of interconnectedness with the natural world using breath and awareness.

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Four Ways to Cultivate Purpose

August 11, 2020

Science suggests that having a sense of purpose is vitally important to well-being - both for our physical health and our state of mind. There’s growing research that shows a clear sense of purpose is one of the cornerstones of human flourishing.

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How We Can Reconnect with Each Other and the Planet During Crisis

August 5, 2020

Dekila Chungyalpa, Director of the Loka Initiative, recently hosted a conversation with Lama Rod Owens, a Buddhist teacher, author and minister from Harvard Divinity School, on ways people can understand the messiness and pain of this moment, but also the opportunity for profound change and transformation that can unfold.

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Healthy Minds in Practice: Clarity in Uncertain Times

July 21, 2020

When thoughts and reactions overwhelm us, we can see more clearly by reframing things with insight and appreciation. This 10-minute practice helps to regain clarity during uncertain times.

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Video: Neuroscientist Dr. Richard J. Davidson Answers Emotion Questions | WIRED

Nov 06, 2024

Neuroscientist and Psychologist Dr. Richard J. Davidson joins WIRED to answer the internet's burning questions about our emotions. Are men truly less emotional than women? Can stress cause your brain to shrink? What are chemical imbalances and what do they do to our emotions? Why do we have emotions at all? Dr. Davidson answers these questions and more on Emotion Support.

Research Shows Racism May Influence Infant Brain Development

Nov 01, 2024

CHM and HMI researchers publish new findings about the intergenerational impact of racism on the newborn brain.

If you’re biting your nails over the election, use these expert tips to reduce stress | CNN

Oct 22, 2024

“We are in a generally heightened state of stress caused by events around the world,” said neuroscientist Dr. Richard Davidson, founder and director of CHM. Here are a few expert-approved tips that can help in the latest article from CNN.

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