Breathwork Rhythms and Organized Brain Activity
Breathwork rhythms may help explain how breathing patterns coordinate brain activity, based on cautious readings of new neuroscience research.
Avery Hartwell
Ultra-Brief Digital Meditation: Stress Evidence
Ultra-Brief Digital Meditation may help some adults reduce stress and anxiety, but the evidence is still developing and not medical advice.
Slow-Paced Breathing for K-12 Teacher Stress
Slow-Paced Breathing may help K-12 teachers manage stress; review cautious 2026 evidence, limits, and clinician questions.
Brief Mindfulness Practices and Autonomic Function
Brief Mindfulness Practices may affect autonomic stress markers, but 2026 findings are mixed and best read with clinical guidance.
Mindfulness Response Monitoring: Why It Matters
Mindfulness response monitoring helps match meditation techniques to measurable changes while keeping expectations cautious and evidence-based.
seven-day meditation retreat: Mental Health Markers
Evidence on a seven-day meditation retreat, mental health markers, brain-network findings, and what to discuss with a clinician.
Teen Girls With More Childhood Adversity Saw Bigger Social Benefits From Breathwork, UCLA Study Finds
A new UCLA study is challenging the assumption that school wellness programs necessarily have their biggest effects among students with the fewest challenges. Researchers found that teenage girls who had experienced the highest levels of…
Personalized Meditation Practice By Trait
A Personalized Meditation Practice may fit better when traits, stress, and preferences are considered, with cautious evidence-based limits.
Chest vibration mindfulness for trauma support
Learn how chest vibration mindfulness may support body awareness in trauma survivors, what early studies report, and what to ask a clinician.
Can Mindfulness Change How the Body Handles Stress? New Multisystem Research Finds Clues
Mindfulness is often described as a mental practice: pay attention to the present moment, notice thoughts and sensations, and return attention when the mind wanders. But a new study suggests that its effects may be…