21 articles - Present-moment awareness and meditation
A 2026 MEG study of monks with 15,000+ hours found Vipassana and Samatha produce fundamentally different brain dynamics. Here's what that means for your practice.
A 2025 PNAS study found meditation drives cerebrospinal fluid flow that mirrors sleep's waste-clearing glymphatic system. Here's what it means for brain health.
About 10% of regular meditators experience lasting negative effects like dissociation and panic. New clinical research explains why, and what we should do about it.
A Scientific Reports study found mindfulness meditation increases risk-taking behavior. Ancient Stoic philosophy saw this coming and offers a corrective.
A UC San Diego study found 7-day meditation retreats produce brain changes matching psychedelic states, including neuroplasticity visible in blood plasma tests.
A Brown University study of 201 adults found mindfulness significantly reduces depression, with the biggest gains for people with childhood neglect history.
A philosopher's guide to meditation apps that actually respect the practice. No fluff, just tools for real mindfulness work.
That anxious feeling Sunday evening isn't irrational. It's asking you a question. Here's what ancient and modern philosophy suggest about work dread.
The First Noble Truth says life is suffering. That sounds depressing until you understand what suffering actually means here.