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Learn to practice meditation from the comfort of your own home. These are meditations created and recorded by UMass Chan students who believe that student wellness should be accessible no matter where you are rotating. Center for Mindfulness Website Email: mindfulness@umassmed.edu

article published in Reuters News about a statement from the American Heart Association on the effect of meditation for prevention heart disease   With regular practice, meditation may also help improve quality of life, especially emotional and spiritual aspects, said Bei-Hung Chang, a researcher at the UMass Chan Medical School in Worcester who wasn’t involved in the guidelines. “Meditation generally has low risks, and low costs,” Chang saidl. “Once learned, the technique can be practiced anytime

Mindfulness meditation, a technique pioneered at the UMMS Center for Mindfulness, can be as effective against anxiety and depression as medication, says a new study published in JAMA Internal Medicine.

A 10-minute guided meditation audio recording by Dr. Paula Gardiner. Working with COVID patients can bring up a range of unfamiliar emotions such as anxiety or sadness. In this meditation, there is a brief body scan followed by an invitation to bring compassion to yourself and your patients.

Free Mindfulness Apps Apps to Support Personal Mindfulness Practice Headspace: https://www.headspace.com/headspace-meditation-app Insight Timer:  https://insighttimer.com/ 

Dr. Christine Runyan experiences the impermanence of mental and emotional states during a meditation retreat for wellness. The acknowledgment of impermanence helps limit the impact of self-criticism.

CNN International has rated the UMass Medical School Center for Mindfulness retreat in Ireland as one of the top 10 meditation retreats in the world.

A 60 Minutes report on mindfulness meditation features interviews with UMass Medical School’s Center for Mindfulness faculty Judson Brewer.

UMass Chan Medical School - Worcester Mindfulness Publications and Research Meditation Research Carl Fulwiler, MD, PhD Publications Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapies for Behavioral Health Disorders (with Jeremiah Slutsky and Jay Byron), Psychiatry Information in Brief (2013) Mindfulness and Health (with Fernando de Torrijos), Psychiatry Issue Briefs (2011) Megan Kelly Research in progress Mindfulness and Acceptance-Based Smoking Cessation Treatment for Veterans with Posttraumatic Stress Disorder

and resources to increase physical activity, manage stress, improve nutrition, enhance general health, and to become tobacco/nicotine-free One-minute guided meditation from Barry Boyce about the natural awareness that comes with being human. Free meditations to specifically target combatting Coronavirus related anxiety. Headspace meditation app- free to healthcare professionals.