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How Meditation Changes the Brain<\/strong><\/h1>\n

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The Soft Machine<\/b><\/h3>\n

In the Buddhist tradition, the body is seen to have channels (nadi)<\/i>, energy that moves things (prana)<\/i>, and \u201cdrops\u201d (bindu)<\/i>. There are prana, bindu, and nadi from head to feet, including in the brain: electrical impulses are prana, neurotransmitters are bindu, and the nerves themselves are nadi \u2014 all of which together generate connections that make up thoughts, memories, associations, and all that good stuff.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/12″ lms_has_clearfix=”0″ offset=”vc_col-lg-2 vc_hidden-xs”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row u_row_style=”1″ lms_row_has_bk_offset=”1″ lms_row_bk_columns_offset=”0″ u_row_enrollment_restriction=”0″][vc_column lms_has_clearfix=”0″][vc_single_image image=”100246″ img_size=”full” alignment=”center” css=”.vc_custom_1644604085006{padding-top: 30px !important;padding-bottom: 30px !important;}” el_class=”hidden-xs”][vc_single_image image=”100247″ img_size=”full” alignment=”center” css=”.vc_custom_1644604102997{padding-top: 30px !important;padding-bottom: 30px !important;}” el_class=”visible-xs”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row u_row_style=”1″ lms_row_has_bk_offset=”0″ lms_row_bk_columns_offset=”0″ u_row_enrollment_restriction=”0″][vc_column width=”1\/12″ lms_has_clearfix=”0″ offset=”vc_col-lg-2 vc_hidden-xs”][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”5\/6″ lms_has_clearfix=”0″ offset=”vc_col-lg-8″][vc_column_text el_class=”subtittle-open-post”]<\/p>\n

Born This Way<\/b><\/h3>\n

Until quite late in the game, neuroscientists didn\u2019t think a brain was capable of really changing. If somebody was born unhappy, too bad, they\u2019d probably be unhappy for the rest of their life. If they were an anxious baby, well, they were out of luck too: they could expect to be an incurable worrywart for as long as they lived. If they came into this world with a tendency to get angry, they could expect to be ill-tempered forever after.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/12″ lms_has_clearfix=”0″ offset=”vc_col-lg-2 vc_hidden-xs”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row u_row_style=”1″ lms_row_has_bk_offset=”0″ lms_row_bk_columns_offset=”0″ u_row_enrollment_restriction=”0″][vc_column width=”1\/12″ lms_has_clearfix=”0″ offset=”vc_col-lg-2 vc_hidden-xs”][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”5\/6″ lms_has_clearfix=”0″ offset=”vc_col-lg-8″][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1646235659741{padding-top: 20px !important;padding-bottom: 40px !important;}” el_class=”subtittle-open-post”]<\/p>\n

. . . Or Not<\/b><\/h3>\n

More recently, though, neuroscientists have made a few discoveries that completely upended their old view. For one thing, it turns out the brain has neuroplasticity, meaning it can <\/i>change. For another, contemporary neuroscientists are learning that mental connections are made via neural pathways, like highways (or hyperlinks) in the brain. And ultimately, they found that neurogenesis, or brain development, continues long after birth \u2014 in fact, our brains can continue growing in certain ways throughout our lives.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/12″ lms_has_clearfix=”0″ offset=”vc_col-lg-2 vc_hidden-xs”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row u_row_style=”1″ lms_row_has_bk_offset=”1″ lms_row_bk_columns_offset=”0″ u_row_enrollment_restriction=”0″ lms_row_bk_offset_section_classes=”bk-qoute-full”][vc_column][vc_column_text]\u201cThe more precisely scientists scrutinize mental activity, the more closely they approach the Buddhist understanding of mind as a perpetually evolving event rather than a distinct entity.\u201d[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text el_class=”autorquotepost”]\u2013 Mingyur Rinpoche \u2013[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row u_row_style=”1″ lms_row_has_bk_offset=”0″ lms_row_bk_columns_offset=”0″ u_row_enrollment_restriction=”0″][vc_column width=”1\/12″ lms_has_clearfix=”0″ offset=”vc_col-lg-2 vc_hidden-xs”][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”5\/6″ lms_has_clearfix=”0″ offset=”vc_col-lg-8″][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1644940075585{padding-top: 20px !important;padding-bottom: 20px !important;}” el_class=”subtittle-open-post”]<\/p>\n

Give It to Me Straight, Doc!<\/b><\/h3>\n

But even though it is so simple, we quickly discover that we can\u2019t stay aware<\/a> of our breathing for very long \u2013 after just two or three breaths, we totally forget about our breath and wander off into thoughts, memories, plans, self-evaluation, and so on.
\nWhen this happens, it\u2019s okay! It\u2019s totally normal. In fact it\u2019s unavoidable<\/a>! So what to do? Nothing needs to be done. As soon as we notice that we were distracted \u2013 \u201cOh yeah! I\u2019m supposed to be aware that I\u2019m breathing!\u201d \u2013 we have already come back to awareness.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/12″ lms_has_clearfix=”0″ offset=”vc_col-lg-2 vc_hidden-xs”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row u_row_style=”1″ lms_row_has_bk_offset=”0″ lms_row_bk_columns_offset=”0″ u_row_enrollment_restriction=”0″][vc_column width=”1\/12″ lms_has_clearfix=”0″ offset=”vc_col-lg-2 vc_hidden-xs”][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”5\/6″ lms_has_clearfix=”0″ offset=”vc_col-lg-8″][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1644605054447{padding-top: 20px !important;padding-bottom: 20px !important;}” el_class=”subtittle-open-post”]<\/p>\n

You\u2019ve Come a Long Way, Baby<\/b><\/h3>\n

The idea here is not to struggle to see how long we can stay in awareness, but rather to simply return to awareness of breathing again and again \u2013 you can remember this with the phrase \u201cshort times, many times.\u201d For the duration of our meditation session, we just allow ourselves to come back like this again and again. Just continue: aware, forget, aware, forget, aware, forget.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/12″ lms_has_clearfix=”0″ offset=”vc_col-lg-2 vc_hidden-xs”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row u_row_style=”1″ lms_row_has_bk_offset=”1″ lms_row_bk_columns_offset=”0″ u_row_enrollment_restriction=”0″ lms_row_bk_offset_section_classes=”bk-gris-mailing”][vc_column lms_has_clearfix=”0″ offset=”vc_hidden-xs”][vc_column_text]\n\t\t

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How Meditation Changes the Brain<\/b><\/h3>\n

Watch this video where Mingyur Rinpoche discusses the connection between modern scientific understandings of the body and the brain and the traditional Buddhist presentations of what is known as the \u201csubtle body.\u201d[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/12″][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/12″ lms_has_clearfix=”0″ offset=”vc_col-lg-2 vc_hidden-xs”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row u_row_style=”1″ lms_row_has_bk_offset=”0″ lms_row_bk_columns_offset=”0″ u_row_enrollment_restriction=”0″][vc_column width=”1\/12″ lms_has_clearfix=”0″ offset=”vc_col-lg-2 vc_hidden-xs”][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”5\/6″ lms_has_clearfix=”0″ offset=”vc_col-lg-8″][vc_separator css=”.vc_custom_1618424580871{padding-top: 40px !important;padding-bottom: 50px !important;}”][vc_column_text el_class=”sharepost share-post-center” css=”.vc_custom_1619130357128{padding-bottom: 40px !important;}”]<\/p>\n

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