Research on Mindfulness

• Addressing Educator Stress Through Mindfulness - Todd Scholl
• Mindfulness Helps to Combat Stress - Robert Puff, Ph.D - According to a recent study, mindfulness can combat everyday stress by helping to clear the mind and body.

• Dos and Don'ts When Teaching Mindfulness - Deborah Schoeberlein - Tips to those teaching mindfulness.
• Mindfulness practice leads to increases in regional brain gray matter density - Britta K. Hölzela, James Carmody, Mark Vangela, Christina Congleton, Sita M. Yerramsetti, Tim Garda, and Sara W. Lazar - A controlled longitudinal study that investigates pre-post changes in brain gray matter concentration attributable to participartion in a Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction program.
• Mindfulness Meditation Training Changes Brain Structure in Eight Weeks - Participating in an 8-week mindfulness meditation program appears to make measurable changes in brain regions associated with memory, sense of self, empathy and stress.
• Sitting-Meditation Interventions Among Youth: A Review of Treatment Efficacy - David S. Black, MPH, Joel Milam, PhD, and Steve Sussman, PhD - Sitting meditation seems to be an effective intervention in the treatment of physiologic, psychosocial, and behavioral conditions among youth. 

• MIndfulness Research Centers - List of universities and centers currently researching mindfulness.
  
• Scientific Benefits of Meditation - A list of 76 scientifically validated benefits of meditation.