A recent article in Psychology Today outlines the research on the benefits of meditation.

Meditation is ‘hot’ right now and many of us don’t fully understand the scientific reasons, rather then the popular reasons, it is good for us.

The article chunks the benefits into a few groups:

• it boosts your health
• it boosts your happiness
• it boosts your social life
• it boosts your self-control
• it changes your brain
• it improves your productivity
• it makes you wise(r)
• it keep you real

Check out the fully article from Psychology Today here: “20 Scientific Reasons to Start Mediating Today”.

For more information on mindfulness mediation and therapy see this piece by Dr. Lau of the Vancouver CBT Centre.