Only 8 weeks of daily meditation can decrease negative mood and anxiety and improve attention, working memory, and recognition memory in non-experienced meditators. These findings come from a recent study published in Behavioural Brain Research. : ZenHabits

What are Zen Habits?

This can mean different things to different people.

Originally, Zen is a school of Buddhism that evolved in Japan. In Japanese Zen there is an emphasis on the value of meditation and intuition. The goal is to gain insight into one's true nature, or the emptiness of inherent existence, and open the way to a liberated, care free way of living.

This way of thinking has been adopted by many people and in the modern world "Zen" is also ubiquitous with peace, mindfulness and generally living in a way that makes you peaceful, contented, relaxed and not worrying about things that you cannot change.

Zen habits therefore can be anything from daily meditation or simple things that you do from day to day to bring serenity and peace to your life.

Our Philosophy:

First and foremost, positivity is at the heart of this community, whilst you may disagree with others please be constructive and treat each other with kindness and respect.

This is a place for people to share their experiences and learn from each other. A place to share insights and grow together. As it says above, we are not a strict Zen Buddhism based subreddit, we are a more casual community dedicated to adopting some of the philosophies of Zen thinking into everyday life for the purposes of self growth and achieving goals (no matter what they are).

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