Reading Time: 3 minutes “I was surprised at the significant changes in these womens’ brains after only eight weeks of [mindfulness] practice,” said Dr. Andra Smith.
Mindfulness
Reading Time: 3 minutesIt was the stagnancy, the lack of urgent work to do in addition to the lack of people around me to distract me from the lack of work to do. I was like an ant plucked from its well-oiled colony, placed in a virtually utopian habitat. And it completely and utterly stressed me out.
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe University of Ottawa’s Faculty of Medicine has recently implemented new meditation sessions as a way for students to relieve stress.
Reading Time: 2 minutesOn Oct. 3, as part of Brain Health Awareness Week on campus, a new initiative was launched at the University of Ottawa to help students familiarize themselves with the relationship between mental health and mindfulness—the state of consciousness or awareness.
Reading Time: 5 minutesThe moment you realize this you have briefly awakened from the incessant brain chatter. Even if only for a second, it is a welcome relief and an interesting realization of how caught up in your own thoughts you were. And if you can extend that moment a tiny bit longer, by taking a deep conscious breath, or looking around at your surroundings and taking in all the sights and sounds just for a moment longer, you feel recharged.
