For 11 hours a day, Lan Anh Pham ’18 meditated under rigorous Vipassana tradition in rural Wisconsin as part of a 10-day meditation retreat during her sophomore year. Upon returning to Brown, she was ...

Christian, Jewish and other religious congregations across America have been incorporating meditation practices — including ...

On most Monday nights, the sanctuary of All Saints Episcopal Church — with its vaulted ceilings, stone arches and ...

(The Conversation) — Most religions have periods of rest incorporated into their practice. Medical science has affirmed that short periods of contemplation can have benefits for one's physical and ...

Meditation is an ancient human practice. Our ability to artfully cultivate attentive, imaginal, and embodied modes of consciousness, and more so, intentionally design and apply techniques to transcend ...

The first time University of Virginia alumnus Jeff Walker meditated, it was on Grounds. More than four decades later, the site of his first meditation is home to the Contemplative Sciences Center, ...

It can be a challenge for college students to slow down and take a breath, but learners at Cornell University are enthused by the idea. Let’s Meditate, a 10-year-old program at the university, ...

In a review of everything currently known about the topic, researchers recently developed a scientific model of how contemplative practices of various kinds may encourage better physical and ...