Dear all

my first post - takes deep breath

I read in the paper that meditation is good for you:

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/lif...cle3554215.ece

Long-term meditation seems not only to alter brain-wave patterns: early research suggests that it may also result in changes in the actual structure of the cortex, the outer parts of our brains. “We have found that brain regions associated with attention and sensory processing were thicker in meditators than in the controls,” says Dr Sara Lazar, an assistant in psychology at Massachusetts General Hospital.

“The data give credence to some of the claims of long-term meditators and suggests that meditation can play a role in reducing stress, improving emotion regulation and perhaps slowing the effects of ageing on brains - slowing the normal decrease in mental agility, ability to learn new things and memory that comes with age.”
Nice to know - that on the days I don't practice & I notice the difference in my outlook to the world - that science has the answer

Best wishes

Jools