Bits and links

• Apparently meditation decreases the duration of the common cold

• Meditation (mantra-centered) as an intervention for the sensory processing deficits seen in Autism seems to be growing.

• Good news you don't have to drag the family to go see Grandma in the old peoples home anymore, as Carnegie Mellon found that an 8 week MBSR course reduces loneliness

• Recent research has shown that heart and lung health has been linked to better reading and math scores in middle school students. This is great because it just so happens that meditation and yoga may also help fight acute respiratory infections and asthma