Mindfulness And Meditation In The Modern World
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Susan Smalley
Susan L. Smalley, Ph.D. is a Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences at UCLA, and is the founder of the Mindful Awareness Research Center, to better understand how increased awareness of one’s interconnectedness to oneself, each other, and nature influences creativity and compassion in shaping a kinder world.
By Susan Smalley
Published on 11/24/2007
Overall,
adding meditation to one's life appears to improve an overall state of
well-being (happiness, if you will), reduce anxiety, and foster healthy
relationships.
A geneticist I know describes Buddhist meditation techniques as a
"technology with some 2,000 years of research and development."