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Meditations to Change Your Brain

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Explore a collection of guided meditations picked for the kinds of challenges modern workers face: stress, focus, gratitude, and more.

Science has proven what contemplative traditions have taught for centuries: Meditation holds a key to a life of balance, peace, and joy. Join neuropsychologist Rick Hanson, PhD, and neurologist Richard Mendius, MD, as they present several different meditation techniques to promote concentration, reduce stress, and cultivate a more positive outlook. Explore a collection of guided meditations picked for the kinds of challenges modern workers face: stress, focus, gratitude, and more. Reshape your brain with exercises including “Steadying your mind” to tap the full creative power of your attention, “Taking in the good” to maintain a positive emotional landscape, “Antidote to stress,” a conscious way to activate your body’s relaxation response, and more. This course was created by Sounds True. We are pleased to offer this training in our library.

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