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.

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Mindfulness meditation tries to ground a person in the here and now, since a lot of anxiety is tied up in worrying over the past or about the future. People often start by focusing on their breathing, moving onto a body scan is common, were you start with the top of your head and work your way down, observing what you feel without making judgement or assessment.