Meditation is a popular form of stress management, argued to mediate stress reactivity.
However, many studies in this field commonly fail to include an active control group. Given …

Yoga has become a popular approach to improve emotional health. The aim of this review
was to systematically assess and meta‐analyze the effectiveness and safety of yoga for …

A theory is proposed to explain the benefits of yoga practices in diverse, frequently comorbid
medical conditions based on the concept that yoga practices reduce allostatic load in stress …

Neuroelectric and imaging studies of meditation are reviewed. Electroencephalographic
measures indicate an overall slowing subsequent to meditation, with theta and alpha …

Schools need reliable evidence about the outcomes of meditation programs before they
consider if and how such programmes can influence learning agendas, curriculum and …

Meditation practices may impact physiological pathways that are modulated by stress and
relevant to disease. While much attention has been paid to meditation practices that …

Objective The objective of this study was to assess the effects of participation in a
mindfulness meditation–based stress reduction program on mood disturbance and …

A four-factor model of spiritual intelligence is proposed. Supportive evidence is reviewed for
the capacities of critical existential thinking, personal meaning production, transcendental …

Anthropologists have repeatedly noted that there has been little theoretical progress in the
anthropology of religion over the past fifty years. 1–7 By the 1960s, Geertz2 had pronounced …

Understanding the malleable determinants of cellular aging is critical to understanding
human longevity. Telomeres may provide a pathway for exploring this question. Telomeres …