A new study of Buddhist monks reveals that deep meditation helps to regulate a balanced gut microbiota, leading to improved mental and physical wellbeing. But is a healthy gut really as simple as ...

This study involved monks from the Sera Jey Monastery in India, offering a unique glimpse into the neurophysiological effects of long-term meditation practice. The researchers aimed to investigate ...

Goodwin said she was introduced to meditation and the monks about 11 years ago while working on the first campaign of President Barack Obama. Pemarantana, 42, moved to the Pittsburgh area in 2008.

For the past thousand years or so, a community of Eastern Orthodox monks has dwelled here ... that "even on Mount Athos we are humans walking every day on the razor's edge." ...

They date mainly from the 13th to the 15th centuries and were used for meditation and exercise by the Benedictine monks of Westminster. They provided a route to the main ... The refectory was reached ...