Imagine being stopped at a red light

Imagine being stopped at a red light

Imagine being stopped at a red light, waiting to go through the intersection. The turn arrow goes green and there is an impulse to take your foot off the brake and get going, but you manage to stay put. This is an example of response inhibition and it’s a skill that...
How long is the peace of a meditator?

How long is the peace of a meditator?

Join the Balanced Minds CommunityJoy and support using genuine science and Buddhist approaches. At some point, meditation became the “new black” as they say. So many articles about the benefits of meditation were reaching my inbox that I basically stopped...
Corey Jackson and Cultivating Emotional Balance (CEB)

Corey Jackson and Cultivating Emotional Balance (CEB)

CLICK HERE to participate in important research I first received formal training in meditation at the Toronto Zen Centre. It was the summer of 1995 and it was exactly what I had been looking for – not an answer to life’s deeper mysteries or even a little stress...