Raise your happiness level
Recent scientific studies suggest that each of us comes into this world with an emotional set-point, a default level of happiness and subjective well-being that's determined by heredity and tends to remain more or less constant throughout our lives. For many years psychologists believed that this baseline was hardwired and could not be changed. But the most recent brain research reveals that meditation has the power to do what unexpected catastrophe and extreme good fortune could not-permanently raise the emotional set-point. As it turns out, the brain is far more malleable than scientists had originally thought, and the most powerful method for altering the brain and making us happier is meditation.
Overview
- Time-honored techniques for producing and enhancing feelings of happiness, contentment, and joy
- Lift your mood, raise your self-esteem, and deepen your sense of meaning and connectedness by generating compassion for others
- Research reveals that regular meditation raises your emotional set-point - your default happiness level
- Scientists have demonstrated that happiness enhances your health and well-being at every level
- Features meditations for cultivating compassion, gratitude, and inner peace
Stephan Bodian
Stephan Bodian is author of Meditation For Dummies®. In addition to being an internationally known meditation teacher, Stephan is a licensed psychotherapist and offers meditation-inspired counseling for personal growth and stress management to clients throughout the world.
