All Blog Posts Tagged 'awareness' (3)

MBA Project’s Mindfulness Training for Incarcerated Youth Yields Effective Results

PDN Member Project ~ Khyentse Foundation, March 2012

Khyentse Foundation’s grant to the Mind Body Awareness Project (MBA) supported ground-breaking pilot programs that treat stress, anxiety, and insomnia with mindfulness-based practices. The programs also…

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Added by Carter (PDN Admin) on March 26, 2012 at 11:30am — 3 Comments

Eight weeks to a better brain

by Sue McGreevey for the Harvard Gazette, Friday, January 21, 2011

Participating in an eight-week mindfulness meditation program appears to make measurable changes in brain regions associated with memory, sense of self, empathy, and stress. In a study that will appear in the Jan. 30 issue of…

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Added by Carter (PDN Admin) on March 1, 2012 at 2:00pm — No Comments

The Heartful Dodger

A charismatic ex-con lures at-risk kids away from violence.

By Alix Sharkey for DailyGood, Feb 2, 2012

One bitter night, in the rough end of New Haven, Connecticut, fifteen-year-old Vinny Ferraro and his friends were hanging out as usual by the projects, near the…

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Added by Carter (PDN Admin) on February 14, 2012 at 1:00pm — No Comments

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