All posts for May 2014

Is it possible to receive the physiological benefits of meditating without having to formally sit and meditate? In 1975, Dr. Herbert Benson, a pioneer in mind-body medicine, coined the term “The Relaxation Response” to describe a beneficial physiological response in...

The next time you have a layover at Chicago’s O’Hare Airport you can check your yoga mat. Just in time for holiday travel, the airport opened a yoga room, complete with mats and disinfectant wipes for the estimated 67 million...

by MICHAELEEN DOUCLEFF Too much artificial light at the wrong time can change sleep patterns and make us groggy in the mornings, scientists report Thursday in the journal Current Biology. They found that a week of camping — completely away...

A music therapist describes how improvising songs can open a vital channel of communication in palliative care. Many patients talk about feelings of powerlessness and a silence in which they become invisible. Photograph: Rex Features All that was dear to...

Can "workplace stress" be defined? I have heard stress can be both good and bad. Is this true? What are examples of things that cause stress at the workplace? Can stress cause health effects? How do I know if someone...