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Meditation Beats Dance for Harmonizing Body and Mind

(Science Daily) The body is a dancer's instrument, but is it attuned to the mind? A new study … suggests that professional ballet and modern dancers are not as emotionally in sync with their bodies as are people who regularly practice meditation…
[V]eteran practitioners of Vipassana or mindfulness meditation -- a technique focused on observing breathing, heartbeat, thoughts and feelings without judgment -- showed the closest mind-body bond, according to the study.
Community: You can train yourself in mindfulness meditation using an audio CD made by Jon Kabat-Zinn, Ph.D., the founder and director of the Stress Reduction Clinic at the University of Massachusetts Medical Center.
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