Reading time: 8 mins “You are going to put your attention on your breathing. Pay attention to how you feel. If there are ideas that come, thoughts, you let them pass, you don’t follow them and you bring them back to the presence of your body. On the screen, children’s faces, eyes closed. They must … Read more
A clinical trial[1] conducted on a sample of 276 adults, published in November 2022 in the American scientific journal JAMA Psychiatry, carried out under the supervision of Doctor Elizabeth A. Hoge of the Department of Psychiatry at Georgetown University and with the support of Eric Bui, psychiatrist, researcher at the University of Caen, on stress … Read more
THE ESSENTIAL Opioids are drugs with analgesic properties used primarily to relieve pain. They can also be produced or obtained illegally. They have different side effects, the most serious being the risk of addiction or overdose, especially when consumed outside of a medical framework. According to WHO estimates, some 115,000 people died of … Read more
According to a new study, practicing mindfulness meditation for anxiety may be as effective as taking a prescribed antidepressant for anxiety disorders. Will we soon be able to replace antidepressants with mindfulness meditation in the treatment of anxiety disorders? According to a study by researchers at Georgetown University Medical Center published in the journal JAMA … Read more
Every year on September 12, the day of mindfulness is celebrated around the world and lovers of this practice gather in meditation groups, attend seminars or simply devote a few minutes of their time to mindfulness. Here are some ideas on how best to spend the day. Every year the September 12around the world is … Read more
The mindfulness meditation is increasingly popular. It consists of focusing your attention on the present moment by welcoming your thoughts with kindness. And it would be so beneficial, that it would even act on the anxiety disordersaccording to a recent study. Mindfulness meditation as effective as antidepressants? Created in 1979 by Jon Kabat-Zinn, a professor … Read more
” “Mindfulness” or “attentive presence” is “an entirely secular practice whose goal is to train the capacities of attention and discernment to what is present in the moment (…) and to thus help to acquire a better inner stability “Explains in his report submitted in January 2021 to the Minister of National Education, MP Gaël … Read more
THE ESSENTIAL Mindfulness meditation is an anti-stress practice that involves focusing on the present moment and environment. No change in the brain structure of those who practice it is visible on MRI Science does not validate the effects of mindfulness meditation! Sold as a very effective recipe against stress, this practice, … Read more
By Stephane Leluc Grandstand. Work life in most companies has become hectic, characterized by cognitive overload and an increasing complexity of the technological, legal and organizational aspects of work. The rhythm is extremely fast and the generalization of functioning in multitasking mode (the illusion that we can do several things at the same time) causes … Read more
Have you ever had one of those moments when a stressful thought floods your mind and suddenly you can’t think of anything else? While for some people anxiety is transient and part of everyday life, others may suffer from anxiety disorders that expose them to persistent feelings of fear, dread or unease. As Inserm explains … Read more