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Sunday, April 19, 2009

Meditation and the Brain

Approximately 160 people attended the NAMI Ventura County General Meeting on Tuesday, April 14, 2009, to hear Mark Robert Waldman speak about Meditation and the Brain, Recovery from Mental Illness.

Waldman thrilled the audience with his discussion of how to train the brain to think positively, which, is not its normal process. He pointed out that through meditation, the brain can overcome such negative feelings and experiences as anxiety, anger, fear and depression. These points were illustrated with slides of actual MRIs (state-of-the-art brain scans) of the brain. (More)

Source: LA Mental Health Examiner

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