Biology

Meditation is gaining global popularity. Chronic stress can damage the brain, trigger mental disorders, and be deadly. This film will examine scientifically proven relaxation methods.

Across North America a system similar to mediation is being taught to help work with the heart's emotional intelligence. Heart focus, heart breathing, and heart feeling are used to send a regular rhythmic pattern to the brain. A BBC Production.

The place that travel writer Pico Iyer would most like to go? Nowhere. In a counterintuitive and lyrical meditation, Iyer takes a look at the incredible insight that comes with taking time for stillness. In our world of constant movement and distraction, he teases out strategies we all can use to take back a few minutes out of every day, or a few days out of every season. It's the talk for anyone who feels overwhelmed by the demands for our world.