How Mindfulness & Meditation Can Reshape Our Brains with Dr Sara Lazar

Mindful Matters Podcast host Elaine Clark is joined with Dr. Sara Lazar, neuroscientist, Ted Talk speaker and co-author of "Meditation and Psychotherapy".  In this episode, Dr. Lazar speaks to us about how practicing mindfulness, meditation, and yoga can reshape our brain. 

Episode Highlights:
- Dr. Lazar and her research 
- What neuroplasticity is 
- Why exercising the brain in a new way is so beneficial 
- How mindfulness and meditation can reshape the brain 
- The brain regions of the default mode network and their function
- A wandering mind is an unhappy mind
- How mindfulness can soften the critical mind 
- Benefits of mindfulness & meditation 
- The best kind of mindfulness & meditation to practice 
- How long we need to meditate in order to experience benefits 
- Dr. Lazar's upcoming research
- How stress changes the brain 

For more information about Dr. Sara Lazar please visit 

https://scholar.harvard.edu/sara_lazar/home

https://scholar.harvard.edu/sara_lazar/our-research

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