Being the Change by Peter Kalmus

Author:Peter Kalmus
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781771422437
Publisher: New Society Publishers
Published: 2017-03-17T04:00:00+00:00

Meditation and the brain

Meditation feels like a fundamental rewiring of the brain. From a neurological perspective, this turns out to be the case. Neuroplasticity is the brain’s ability to learn by changing its structure, rewiring itself as we learn a new skill, such as a sport, a musical instrument, a language—or meditation. I think it’s interesting to take a detour and see what science has to say about meditation. My goals in so doing are to present meditation from a complementary perspective, and also to allay any fears you may have that meditation is some mystical or religious thing. It’s just a practice. An incredibly valuable practice, but still just a practice.

TABLE 11.1. A few of the physical changes in the brain and corresponding benefits due to variants of mindfulness meditation.

Physical change

Effect(s)

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