Research
The volume of academic research on the possible effects of MBSR, meditation, and other mindfulness-based interventions (MBIs) has ballooned continually since the first study of MBSR published in 1980.
Because of the vast proliferation of studies utilizing Mindfulness-Based Interventions (MBIs) this site now defers to the American Mindfulness Research Association who has a good search engine and monthly publication on these topics.
As the mindfulness scholar, researcher and practitioner Dr. Catherine Kerr said (Brown University, 2014), "It’s fair to say that there are some clues from brain science that meditation might help enhance brain function. That is an evidence-based statement. The mistake is investing 100-percent certainty in a result and not holding a probabilistic view of scientific truth or risk and benefit. Consideration of the concrete experience of doing these practices should be much more central in the discussion. 'This is what it feels like to follow your breath for twenty minutes. What did it make you feel like later in the day?' Those seem like the real questions, not 'What would happen if I threw you in a scanner?' ”
In other-words, the science continues and is great, but practice is the real place of learning... see for yourself!
In other-words, the science continues and is great, but practice is the real place of learning... see for yourself!
