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...latest science says they've got something on my judgmental self. For one thing, they will probably outlive me by quite a few years. Not only do studies show that meditation is boosting their immune system, but brain scans suggest that it may be rewiring their brains to reduce stress. Meanwhile, we nonbelievers are becoming the minority. Ten million American adults now say they practice some form of meditation regularly, twice as many as a decade ago. Meditation classes today are being filled by mainstream Americans who don't own crystals, don't subscribe to New Age magazines...
...face of such psychiatric disturbances as depression, hyperactivity and attention-deficit disorder (ADD). In a confluence of Eastern mysticism and Western science, doctors are embracing meditation not because they think it's hip or cool but because scientific studies are beginning to show that it works, particularly for stress-related conditions. "For 30 years meditation research has told us that it works beautifully as an antidote to stress," says Daniel Goleman, author of Destructive Emotions, a conversation among the Dalai Lama and a group of neuroscientists. "But what's exciting about the new research is how meditation can train...
...European Vacation lives on because, as with sex, anticipation often beats act, all that foreplay with brochures, bookings, tickets, servicing the car and the children's orthodontics, packing suitcases, trying to get into last year's bathing suit and, above all, counting down the days. But escaping can be stressful. A survey published this week by the British recruitment firm Reed found that 22% of 5,000 British workers said they suffer a syndrome Reed calls "Pre-Holiday Stress," that sense of panic caused by trying to get everything in order before leaving. U.K. workers put in an average...
...parents and their kids are scheduling a new set of appointments. These commitments, however, are less likely to be monitored by coaches and instructors than by the aestheticians, masseurs and nutritionists at the growing number of day spas and resorts that cater to young people. "Kids are under such stress now at school with life the way it is," says Marla Rohwer of Highland, N.Y., who recently accompanied her daughter Sarah, 15, to a massage at SPAhhhT, a facility for those 17 and younger at the Hyatt Regency Hill Country Resort & Spa outside San Antonio, Texas...
...deluxe Canyon Ranch spas in Arizona and Massachusetts and the Krinsky chain of summer camps, the program is in its second summer of operation. Staff members say the camp, located at Bryn Mawr College, outside Philadelphia, is intended to help teenagers learn how to live healthy lifestyles, and so stress-busting classes like Cardio Kickboxing and Pilates are offered, along with nutritional advice that's dispensed in a Hands-On Cooking course. "This camp changes the way you think," says Genna Epstein, 15, who is back for her second summer. "When I left [last year], I was happy with myself...