April 4, 2015—The evidence is piling up. In study after study, researchers are finding that mindfulness meditation not only promotes overall well being, but can actually improve outcomes for people suffering from certain conditions such as depression or HIV infection. The studies out of Carnegie Mellon University are another remarkable testament to how body and mind are directly related. The question in the case of disease is how meditation works to achieve this. The Carnegie Mellon researchers believe it may have to do with stress levels. In a 2014 paper published in Current… [Read More…]