Mass meditation at a festival in Los Angeles. A new study says the activity does not make you a better person. MARK RALSTON/AFP/Getty Images ...

But there’s another consequence of meditation that people do not always anticipate. Despite the ways in which wellness ...

Nongkorn is a young Buddhist monk at Wat Pa Maneekan in Thailand. Photographs and footage of the two year old has surface recently online, making him a new internet star in Asia.

Meditation can feel intimidating because “we don’t have a clear picture of what success looks like,” Ms. Shah said. When she first started meditating, she often felt like “a bad meditator ...

For many people, meditation retreats bring peace of mind. But for some, it's the opposite. Reporters heard from dozens of people who experienced hallucinations, paralyzing fear – and worse.

One way to make meditation more widely accessible to people with anxiety would be to use an app instead of in person training. Mrazek says the future of MBSR must be online.

Getty Images. By Ashley Ross. ... Dr. Herbert Benson waited until late at night to moderate a study on meditation in 1967, at which point he found that people meditating used 17% less oxygen, ...