Dr. Resh Gupta - Worry vs. Goals

What’s your mindfulness practice? Everything from transcendental meditation to hot yoga, the resources available for settling your mind and centering your self are more plentiful than ever. Ironically, it’s a little bit overwhelming to choose from this abundance of mindfulness options. But one researcher is teasing apart the question, “does the type of mindfulness practice make a difference?” Some techniques call for focusing on a single object, like the breath, while others encourage a broader awareness, letting thoughts and feelings rise and fall without trying to change them. To uncover how these different approaches engage the brain, our guest today is using functional fMRI. This allows scientists to compare brain activity in people with high levels of anxiety as they practiced these methods, to reveal why some strategies may be more effective than others. Join us to explore how mindfulness training can shift the way people relate to worry and how certain practices may even help rewire habitual thought patterns.