The Benefits of Meditation Are the Focus of New Research
Collecting Art, take a look If you buy through our links, we may earn an affiliate commission. This supports our mission to get more people active and outside. Learn about Outside Onlines affiliate link policy No one understands the benefits of meditation like those who practice consistently for years on end. Over the course of human history, meditation has been proven to better your brain, help regulate emotions, boost cognitive health, and support overall well-being. And although these life-enhancing effects have long been the focus of scientific study and for good reason, new research aims to understand what actually happens to the brain over the course of a long-term, committed meditation practice. As if you needed more proof that the ancient practice is a life-altering one. The Meditation Research Program at Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital, founded in 2022, recently expanded the scope of its study to focus on “meditative endpoints.” In layman’s terms, t...