Health: A brief session of guided mindfulness-based meditation/The Fourteenth Goldfish

Mindfulness meditation may reduce anxiety with breast biopsy A brief session of guided mindfulness-based meditation may help women undergoing a stereotactic breast biopsy to feel less anxious, a small study suggests. Mindfulness meditation encourages participants to relax and stay in the moment instead of attending to wandering thoughts and emotions. Past research has found that it can alter brain activity in areas associated with emotional regulation, attention and self-awareness, the study team notes in Journal of the American College of Radiology. By Cheryl Platzman Weinstock Story: The Fourteenth Goldfish. By Jennifer L. Holm. Chapter 2