What Happens During Meditation: The Neuroscience
Meditation produces measurable changes in brain structure, immune function, gene expression, and stress hormones. Here's what the neuroscience actually shows — and what's still hype.
July 2024
April 2024
What Is Buddhism? The Dharma, Its History, and the Question of Suffering
A comprehensive introduction to Buddhism: the life of the Buddha, the Four Noble Truths, the Eightfold Path, major schools (Theravada, Mahayana, Vajrayana), Buddhist philosophy, and Buddhism's spread and controversies in the modern world.
August 2023
Meditation vs Exercise for Mental Health: What the Evidence Shows
Meditation vs exercise for mental health — comparing the research on depression and anxiety, mechanisms, which has stronger evidence, and how to combine both.