Trauma, derived from the Greek word meaning ‘wound’, refers to emotional distress following a shocking or harmful event that overwhelms a person's ability to process it. Be it one time or a chain of ...

This post is offered as a concise review of the evidence for meditation and mind-body practices in PTSD. Future posts will review the evidence for select natural supplements, biofeedback, eye movement ...

Mushim Ikeda is a Buddhist teacher and writer who leads community engagement at the East Bay Meditation Center in Oakland, California. Ikeda teaches meditation retreats for people of color, women, and ...

Studies suggest meditation eases symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder. June 6, 2011— -- For months, David George, 27, of Fairfield, Iowa, had been eyeing a pistol he saw at a local store.

Meditation worked as well as traditional therapy for military veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder in a small experiment sponsored by the Department of Defense. One method preferred by the ...

This meta-analysis shows the mean effect sizes in Hedges’s g units with 95% confidence intervals organized by the four types of meditations: MBO, MBSR, OM, and TM. Gold bars indicate the results for ...

Just published is the third new study showing that TM is highly effective in reducing stress in a wide array of populations. This meta-analysis included 15 studies with over 1,200 participants from ...

Paris: Transcendental meditation -- the practice of effortless thinking -- may be as effective at treating PTSD in conflict veterans as traditional therapy, US researchers said Friday, in findings ...

This post is offered as a concise review of the evidence for meditation and mind-body practices in PTSD. Future posts will review the evidence for select natural supplements, biofeedback, eye movement ...