Engage: How spirituality can help us cope with the trials of ageing
Old age is a time of many challenges. Retirement brings opportunities, but for many people it also results in loss of role and income. Loved ones may die, leading to
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Tag: Mindfulness
Yoga and meditation ‘better than memory exercises in mental decline fight’
Yoga and meditation are more effective than memory exercises for combating the mental decline that often precedes Alzheimer’s, research has shown. Scientists compared the two approaches in a group of
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Shadow Minister for Mental Health visits centre for mindfulness research
The Shadow Cabinet Minister for Mental Health, Luciana Berger has recently visited the Bangor University’s Centre for Mindfulness Research and Practice (CMRP) to meet with their team and discuss mindfulness
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Engage: Hard Evidence – are age and unhappiness related?
If it’s no fun getting old, then why do surveys of national well-being show that older people are happier than younger people? Recent research into happiness, questioning people about their
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Report: Mindful Nation UK – how mindfulness training can benefit
The Mindful Nation UK report is the result of a 12-month inquiry by the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Mindfulness into how mindfulness training can benefit UK services and institutions. The
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Major study will see 6,000 young people take part in ‘mindfulness’ trial
A major new study will see nearly 6,000 schoolchildren take part in a trial to test whether mindfulness training can improve their mental health. Mindfulness – described by the NHS
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Mindfulness therapy as effective as anti-depressants, new research
A form of meditation could be as effective as anti-depressants at preventing people relapsing into depression, new research suggests. The study, led by researchers at Oxford University and published in
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What mindfulness has to offer health and social care
I can’t quite remember when I first heard about mindfulness – I think it was four or five years ago through my clinical work as a psychotherapist. Then a colleague
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