Mind Over Gray Matter: How 8 Weeks of Meditation Physically Rewires Your Brain. The study from MGH and Harvard Explained
Episode Ep 262 23 min 14s

Mind Over Gray Matter: How 8 Weeks of Meditation Physically Rewires Your Brain. The study from MGH and Harvard Explained

Send us Fan Mail Have you ever wondered if meditation actually changes your brain? In this episode, we unpack a groundbreaking study showing that just eight weeks of Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) can literally alter your brain's physical structure. We explore how 16 meditation-naïve participants committed to daily practices like body scans, mindful yoga, and sitting meditation, and how MRI scans taken before and after the program revealed measurable increases in their gray matter ...

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