Does Meditation Really Affect Your Brain? 

There's no reason you can't.

Don't tell yourself it's hard. If you do that, it becomes hard.

Steven H. you can. I do before bed. without it I can't really fall asleep. it isn't hard. that's the mindset you need to have. because if you don't. it's really hard. maybe try to start with guided meditation. that's a lot easier.

You can become aware at any moment. In the bus, in a lecture. Discipline is a martial term, mindfulness is all about recognizing that you cannot fight your own mind.

If you don't have time for 15 minutes of meditation you are in need of 30 minutes of meditation. Though start with 5 minutes and gradually increase if you are a beginner.

To be fair, it does help people to think about it in a spiritual or religious way, but the benefits are the same.

I like meditating, but didnt know it could affect/increase empathy...something I definitely dont need more of.

that is referring to a specific type of mediation that is not mindfulness meditation. In this other type the monks imagine being compassionate to the entire universe rather than 'just sitting' as some in the zen tradition are fond of saying

GuyWithAnAmazingHat Doesn't watching porn decrease gray matter?

CaliburEx What on earth would make you think that? Sexuality is one of the most integral facets of human life. Mountains of research have established that basically any act to reduce or remove sexuality from a persons life results in significant harm. Even in one study of 900+ men, an entire town in South Wales and 5 adjacent villages, over 10 years, those who had low orgasm frequency were 50% more likely to die than those with high orgasm frequency, with a dose-response relationship across the groups. The fewer orgasms, the more likely to die, the more orgasms, the less likely to die (with no upper limit of protective effects from more orgasms found.. but that might be due to social factors keeping overall sexual activity unnaturally low, it is an industrialized nation after all).

One of the many reasons that Hank is the best host.

"Are you ok?" "I hit my head...but ok me am I think." --JimmyNeutron

2 weeks later: MediWhatTheFuck?!

Okay then; Make sure you start small. Trying to do too much each day will make you get exhausted quickly. Start at something like 5 or 10 minutes. Do that for a month. Then add 5 more minutes. And so on... Each month add 5 minutes to your practice. You may get some effects from it in the short term however you only get t he long term benefits after at least 2 years of 1 hour a day meditation. Don't give up, go at your own pace.

Thanks for the advice seth chizmar :)

I personnaly started with beginners videos from youtube and still use them, now I do it once I a while when I feel like I feel like I have too much troubles regulating my trains of thoughts or stress like I'd want to. It works really well I must say. Sometimes I just do it to relax.

Try guided meditation - it's what helped me to get started :) You can get some here (body scan and befriending OMG, soo relaxing) franticworld.com/free-meditations-from-mindfulness/ And if you like to have an app for everything try Wildflowers Mindfulness

what is the sound?

Ohm is a measurement of electrical resistance for anyone who doesn't get the joke. GG pale ghost, That was a good one :3

That's quite a shock...

This is one of my favorite science puns!

I am current ly on the floor laughing

I have a feeling that it might be something similar to talking about meditation here: The results aren't conclusive, but small studies on it have been conducted and it seems to be promising, but don't sell your soul to declare that it absolutely does work. Just know that it appears to have some merits in some areas some of the time.

I dunno where exactly but I read a study recently that proved that learning styles are utter bullshit, and that people should be engaged in as many forms of learning as possible, because that engages more areas of the brain and so solidifies the knowledge. Basically the more complex and more creative that new knowledge is absorbed and worked with, the easier it'll be to retain it

I think it is related to Gardner's multiple intelligence theory. However (of course!) you learn best through all kinds of perspectives on material.

Anonymous11243 it's all about training in the end, and wether or not your brain decides it wants it /needs it.

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Ive used, i call them ''mental overrides'' on muscles, and i kinda over worked my muscles to the point of damage. So be careful not to over do it. Everything in moderation!

Alan Gebhardt nice 😂😂😂

PsyShow I like that better

Alan Gebhardt Or even PsyShow

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PsyShow

Cupcake Without The Icing joke?

william41017 At 1:30 Hank's name appears in green

Wow nice catch

Oo.. I just got it😆

That's an excellent question, someone needs to test this.

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Right up until you hyperfocus on it and spend 45 minutes doing nothing you can remember. But, in my experience trying to learn, I usually give up in a few minutes but feel a little calmer for a bit

+Catt S You're supposed to make it sound good, not sound bad. :P

+Catt S As in, you're supposed to convince me that meditation is something I should do, rather than convince me it's something I shouldn't. It was intended to only be semi serious, as some people do prefer to not be "cured" of things like ADHD. (I personally don't like calling them "disorders" for this very reason.)

The state of awareness and the process of 'waking up' out of being lost in thought is availaible to us at all times.

Taxtro, I'm not sure which part you're replying to. I think you may have misread my comment. The last bit refers to 'when I'm not at therapy', aka when I'm at home/ school/ some other place. Not 'when I'm doing mindfulness'. I hope this cleared it up.

Rosie Isla it's literally just 10 minutes girl. Put yourself first and take care of yourself. Btw. Love your hair colour(s)

Try the headspace app (they have a free starter program of ten days). And there's also a really nice 30 day meditation challenge on youtube that i do from the channel do you yoga. The meditation is guided by a beautiful woman with a calming soulful voice.

Do it for 5 minutes everyday

actually it's more like feeling the pattern of the movement. if I concentrate too much on it I tend to start swallowing water or make flaws

Hash Zero I know it's difficult, but you can eat healthy 80-90% of the time, you can exercise and meditate in 30-40 minutes, socialize 1-2 times a week. What about read a book before bed, and this has to be a novel. And you can download a lot of games for your smartphone, for example I use Lumosity. Just the act of taking a new route to your home or office is stimulating for your brain.

Hash Zero, a simple and constructive hobby can help with that muscles/couch potato issue. If you don't like the gym, you can take up something like woodworking. Start basic, and don't invest in a lot of power tools. That's important, so I'll repeat... Do NOT invest in a lot of power tools. Hand tools will teach you coordination and skill, get you into less trouble before you figure out you're in trouble, and force you to actually work to accomplish the goal. Not enough time? Well, it's not like you have to build the entire magazine rack in one sitting. Get the plans together and find materials for one day. Picking through the collections of wood, learning about grain and talking the shop-talk with guys at the hardware store can be quite a work out on its own... Draw and cut what you can as you can. Maybe you can't even get the time to finish a single cut? As long as you don't lose what you're doing, the project can be stored and wait until you get back... JUST GET BACK... That's that hard, discipline part. Any project is a long series of steps. Take the time to make a step, and go on about your necessities. Maybe you hate woodwork... Running a saw by hand starts to seem like bordering on self-torture... BUT if you see this exercise through you actually have something to show for your efforts. At the gym... You pick up the weights, and you put the weights down... repeat... and you've spent hours accomplishing exactly nothing (but sweating your ass off where you might not have quite worked it off)...lolz... There's lots of other ways to exert yourself to a goal and find accomplishment and a material gain for the effort. Just avoid unnecessary power tools and conveniences. You'll appreciate the end results (whatever you make/grow) a lot more, and you're still working yourself naturally to increase activity and gain in the physical health department... :o)

You missed one HUGE thing, sleep proper quality and quantity.

Art and music aswell

And go outside:)

Unfortunately Rob do you know how to stop? please tell me how to stop...help

Thinking about past makes people depressed, thinking about future makes people anxious and thinking about people (judging) makes people angry

The West has been utterly spiritually retarded by the great book religions and is only now recovering. More and more people start meditating or otherwise getting to know their own minds.

Sam Ford Good for you. Other youth should follow your example, this world would be a much more sensible place.

lol I guess so

Bez Imena I really like Hank's shirts. I am a woman but I'd still wear them all the time.

+Anges Hoblige yeah I mean I just see this one shirt over and over on various channels that he is in and I think he should really get a few new ones... ya know

they usually record a bunch of videos at once, which could be why you're seeing the same shirt in a lot of videos.

Does someone know which brand the shirt is, or where to buy it, preferably in Europe if possible?

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Kese bro

Matewot Theheck what are you the fucking cool aid man

I have no idea why I commented this 3 years ago..