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How	Zen
Zen	Meditation
Meditation	Works
Works	Benefits
Benefits	of
of	Zen
Zen	Impact
Impact	on
on	the
the	Brain
Brain	Access
Access	to
to	the
the	Unconscious
Unconscious	Drug
Drug	Abuse
Abuse	Treatment
Treatment	How
How	to
to	Learn
Learn	It
It	Is
Is	It
It	Right
Right	for
for	You
You	Zen
Zen	meditation
meditation	also
also	known
known	as
as	Zazen
Zazen	is
is	a
a	meditation
meditation	technique
technique	rooted
rooted	in
in	Buddhist
Buddhist	psychology
psychology	The
The	goal
goal	of
of	Zen
Zen	meditation
meditation	is
is	to
to	regulate
regulate	attention
attention	It
It	s
s	sometimes
sometimes	referred
referred	to
to	as
as	a
a	practice
practice	that
that	involves
involves	thinking
thinking	about
about	not
not	thinking
thinking	People
People	usually
usually	sit
sit	in
in	the
the	lotus
lotus	position
position	or
or	sit
sit	with
with	their
their	legs
legs	crossed
crossed	during
during	Zen
Zen	meditation
meditation	and
and	focus
focus	their
their	attention
attention	inward
inward	While
While	some
some	practitioners
practitioners	say
say	this
this	step
step	is
is	accomplished
accomplished	by
by	counting
counting	breaths
breaths	generally
generally	from
from	one
one	to
to	others
others	say
say	there
there	is
is	no
no	counting
counting	involved
involved	What
What	Happens
Happens	During
During	Zen
Zen	Meditation
Meditation	Zen
Zen	meditation
meditation	is
is	considered
considered	an
an	open
open	monitoring
monitoring	meditation
meditation	where
where	monitoring
monitoring	skills
skills	are
are	used
used	These
These	monitoring
monitoring	skills
skills	are
are	transformed
transformed	into
into	a
a	state
state	of
of	reflexive
reflexive	awareness
awareness	with
with	a
a	broad
broad	scope
scope	of
of	attention
attention	and
and	without
without	focusing
focusing	on
on	one
one	specific
specific	object
object	Zen
Zen	meditation
meditation	is
is	similar
similar	to
to	mindfulness
mindfulness	in
in	that
that	it
it	s
s	about
about	focusing
focusing	on
on	the
the	presence
presence	of
of	mind
mind	However
However	mindfulness
mindfulness	focuses
focuses	on
on	a
a	specific
specific	object
object	and
and	Zen
Zen	meditation
meditation	involves
involves	a
a	general
general	awareness
awareness	Unlike
Unlike	loving
loving	kindness
kindness	and
and	compassion
compassion	meditation
meditation	which
which	focuses
focuses	on
on	cultivating
cultivating	compassion
compassion	or
or	mantra
mantra	meditation
meditation	which
which	involves
involves	the
the	recitation
recitation	of
of	a
a	mantra
mantra	Zen
Zen	meditation
meditation	involves
involves	increased
increased	awareness
awareness	of
of	the
the	ongoing
ongoing	physical
physical	and
and	self
self	referential
referential	processes
processes	Individuals
Individuals	who
who	practice
practice	Zen
Zen	meditation
meditation	attempt
attempt	to
to	expand
expand	their
their	attentional
attentional	scope
scope	to
to	incorporate
incorporate	the
the	flow
flow	of
of	perceptions
perceptions	thoughts
thoughts	emotions
emotions	and
and	subjective
subjective	awareness
awareness	Zen
Zen	meditation
meditation	often
often	involves
involves	keeping
keeping	the
the	eyes
eyes	semi
semi	open
open	which
which	is
is	different
different	from
from	most
most	other
other	forms
forms	of
of	meditation
meditation	that
that	encourage
encourage	closing
closing	the
the	eyes
eyes	During
During	Zen
Zen	meditation
meditation	practitioners
practitioners	also
also	dismiss
dismiss	any
any	thoughts
thoughts	that
that	pop
pop	into
into	their
their	minds
minds	and
and	essentially
essentially	think
think	about
about	nothing
nothing	Over
Over	time
time	they
they	learn
learn	how
how	to
to	keep
keep	their
their	minds
minds	from
from	wandering
wandering	and
and	may
may	even
even	be
be	able
able	to
to	tap
tap	into
into	their
their	unconscious
unconscious	minds
minds	Often
Often	the
the	goal
goal	is
is	to
to	become
become	more
more	aware
aware	of
of	preconceived
preconceived	notions
notions	and
and	gain
gain	insight
insight	into
into	oneself
oneself	Press
Press	Play
Play	for
for	Advice
Advice	On
On	Mantras
Mantras	Hosted
Hosted	by
by	Editor
Editor	in
in	Chief
Chief	and
and	therapist
therapist	Amy
Amy	Morin
Morin	LCSW
LCSW	this
this	episode
episode	of
of	The
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Verywell	Mind
Mind	Podcast
Podcast	shares
shares	how
how	to
to	create
create	a
a	personal
personal	mantra
mantra	Click
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to	listen
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RSS	Benefits
Benefits	Research
Research	clearly
clearly	shows
shows	meditation
meditation	has
has	a
a	wide
wide	range
range	of
of	physical
physical	cognitive
cognitive	social
social	spiritual
spiritual	and
and	emotional
emotional	health
health	benefits
benefits	And
And	of
of	course
course	meditation
meditation	can
can	be
be	a
a	great
great	stress
stress	reliever
reliever	which
which	is
is	why
why	many
many	people
people	turn
turn	to
to	it
it	in
in	the
the	first
first	place
place	It
It	s
s	likely
likely	that
that	Zen
Zen	meditation
meditation	offers
offers	many
many	of
of	the
the	same
same	benefits
benefits	as
as	other
other	types
types	of
of	meditation
meditation	but
but	much
much	of
of	the
the	research
research	on
on	meditation
meditation	hasn
hasn	t
t	differentiated
differentiated	between
between	the
the	different
different	types
types	There
There	is
is	early
early	research
research	that
that	shows
shows	different
different	types
types	of
of	meditation
meditation	may
may	affect
affect	the
the	brain
brain	in
in	slightly
slightly	different
different	ways
ways	So
So	it
it	s
s	possible
possible	that
that	Zen
Zen	meditation
meditation	might
might	offer
offer	some
some	additional
additional	benefits
benefits	beyond
beyond	those
those	seen
seen	in
in	other
other	types
types	of
of	meditation
meditation	Impact
Impact	on
on	the
the	Brain
Brain	For
For	years
years	scientists
scientists	have
have	studied
studied	how
how	meditation
meditation	affects
affects	the
the	mind
mind	and
and	the
the	body
body	There
There	has
has	been
been	some
some	particular
particular	interest
interest	in
in	Zen
Zen	meditation
meditation	practice
practice	and
and	how
how	it
it	affects
affects	the
the	brain
brain	In
In	a
a	study
study	researchers
researchers	compared
compared	people
people	who
who	had
had	more
more	than
than	three
three	years
years	of
of	daily
daily	practice
practice	in
in	Zen
Zen	meditation
meditation	with
with	novices
novices	who
who	had
had	never
never	practiced
practiced	meditation
meditation	Everyone
Everyone	in
in	the
the	study
study	was
was	given
given	a
a	brain
brain	scan
scan	and
and	asked
asked	to
to	focus
focus	on
on	their
their	breathing
breathing	Occasionally
Occasionally	they
they	were
were	asked
asked	to
to	distinguish
distinguish	a
a	real
real	word
word	from
from	a
a	nonsense
nonsense	word
word	on
on	a
a	computer
computer	screen
screen	Then
Then	they
they	were
were	instructed
instructed	to
to	focus
focus	on
on	their
their	breathing
breathing	again
again	The
The	scans
scans	revealed
revealed	that
that	Zen
Zen	training
training	led
led	to
to	activity
activity	in
in	a
a	set
set	of
of	brain
brain	regions
regions	known
known	as
as	the
the	default
default	network
network	The
The	default
default	network
network	is
is	linked
linked	to
to	wandering
wandering	minds
minds	The
The	volunteers
volunteers	who
who	regularly
regularly	practiced
practiced	Zen
Zen	meditation
meditation	also
also	were
were	able
able	to
to	return
return	to
to	their
their	breathing
breathing	much
much	faster
faster	than
than	the
the	novices
novices	after
after	being
being	interrupted
interrupted	The
The	authors
authors	of
of	the
the	study
study	concluded
concluded	that
that	meditation
meditation	may
may	enhance
enhance	the
the	capacity
capacity	to
to	stay
stay	focused
focused	pay
pay	attention
attention	and
and	limit
limit	distractions
distractions	all
all	of
of	which
which	can
can	be
be	a
a	struggle
struggle	for
for	people
people	in
in	today
today	s
s	digital
digital	world
world	Access
Access	to
to	the
the	Unconscious
Unconscious	There
There	s
s	also
also	been
been	a
a	lot
lot	of
of	curiosity
curiosity	about
about	whether
whether	Zen
Zen	meditation
meditation	can
can	allow
allow	practitioners
practitioners	to
to	better
better	access
access	their
their	unconscious
unconscious	minds
minds	It
It	s
s	thought
thought	that
that	the
the	conscious
conscious	mind
mind	can
can	only
only	focus
focus	on
on	one
one	thing
thing	at
at	a
a	time
time	like
like	your
your	grocery
grocery	list
list	or
or	a
a	book
book	that
that	you
you	re
re	reading
reading	But
But	experts
experts	suspect
suspect	the
the	unconscious
unconscious	mind
mind	is
is	vast
vast	Many
Many	researchers
researchers	believe
believe	that
that	knowing
knowing	how
how	to
to	access
access	unconscious
unconscious	processes
processes	could
could	foster
foster	greater
greater	creativity
creativity	and
and	help
help	people
people	become
become	more
more	aware
aware	of
of	what
what	they
they	need
need	to
to	do
do	to
to	reach
reach	their
their	goals
goals	A
A	study
study	examined
examined	whether
whether	Zen
Zen	meditation
meditation	helped
helped	practitioners
practitioners	better
better	access
access	their
their	unconscious
unconscious	minds
minds	All
All	of
of	the
the	participants
participants	were
were	experienced
experienced	Zen
Zen	meditators
meditators	One
One	group
group	was
was	asked
asked	to
to	meditate
meditate	for
for	minutes
minutes	The
The	other
other	group
group	was
was	asked
asked	to
to	read
read	magazines
magazines	Then
Then	all
all	of
of	the
the	participants
participants	were
were	seated
seated	in
in	cubicles
cubicles	with
with	a
a	computer
computer	They
They	were
were	instructed
instructed	to
to	link
link	three
three	words
words	presented
presented	on
on	the
the	screen
screen	with
with	a
a	fourth
fourth	associated
associated	word
word	They
They	also
also	were
were	asked
asked	to
to	type
type	the
the	answer
answer	as
as	fast
fast	as
as	possible
possible	The
The	individuals
individuals	who
who	meditated
meditated	prior
prior	to
to	the
the	test
test	were
were	able
able	to
to	complete
complete	the
the	task
task	faster
faster	which
which	demonstrated
demonstrated	that
that	they
they	had
had	better
better	access
access	to
to	their
their	unconscious
unconscious	minds
minds	In
In	another
another	study
study	one
one	group
group	was
was	again
again	asked
asked	to
to	meditate
meditate	for
for	minutes
minutes	while
while	the
the	control
control	group
group	was
was	simply
simply	told
told	to
to	relax
relax	Then
Then	all
all	the
the	volunteers
volunteers	were
were	asked
asked	questions
questions	each
each	with
with	three
three	or
or	four
four	correct
correct	answers
answers	For
For	example
example	they
they	may
may	be
be	asked
asked	to
to	name
name	one
one	of
of	the
the	four
four	seasons
seasons	However
However	just
just	before
before	seeing
seeing	the
the	question
question	on
on	the
the	computer
computer	screen
screen	a
a	potential
potential	answer
answer	such
such	as
as	Spring
Spring	flashed
flashed	for
for	milliseconds
milliseconds	On
On	average
average	the
the	meditation
meditation	group
group	gave
gave	answers
answers	that
that	matched
matched	the
the	subliminal
subliminal	words
words	The
The	control
control	group
group	only
only	matched
matched	an
an	average
average	of
of	words
words	The
The	researchers
researchers	concluded
concluded	that
that	the
the	meditators
meditators	were
were	better
better	able
able	to
to	access
access	what
what	the
the	brain
brain	paid
paid	attention
attention	to
to	than
than	the
the	non
non	meditators
meditators	The
The	study
study	authors
authors	report
report	Zen
Zen	meditation
meditation	might
might	be
be	able
able	to
to	provide
provide	better
better	insight
insight	into
into	what
what	s
s	going
going	on
on	in
in	the
the	background
background	of
of	the
the	brain
brain	If
If	Zen
Zen	meditation
meditation	allows
allows	you
you	to
to	better
better	understand
understand	how
how	you
you	re
re	feeling
feeling	why
why	you
you	make
make	certain
certain	decisions
decisions	and
and	how
how	you
you	re
re	influenced
influenced	by
by	your
your	environment
environment	this
this	could
could	have
have	a
a	big
big	impact
impact	on
on	your
your	life
life	Drug
Drug	Abuse
Abuse	Treatment
Treatment	Zen
Zen	meditation
meditation	is
is	often
often	used
used	in
in	drug
drug	abuse
abuse	treatment
treatment	programs
programs	in
in	Taiwan
Taiwan	because
because	it
it	slows
slows	heart
heart	rate
rate	and
and	respiration
respiration	while
while	also
also	improving
improving	the
the	functioning
functioning	of
of	the
the	autonomic
autonomic	nervous
nervous	system
system	In
In	fact
fact	the
the	authors
authors	of
of	a
a	study
study	published
published	in
in	the
the	Journal
Journal	of
of	Traditional
Traditional	and
and	Complementary
Complementary	Medicine
Medicine	found
found	that
that	Zen
Zen	meditation
meditation	affects
affects	brain
brain	heart
heart	interactions
interactions	According
According	to
to	the
the	authors
authors	Zen
Zen	practitioners
practitioners	devote
devote	their
their	practice
practice	to
to	disclosing
disclosing	the
the	spiritual
spiritual	heart
heart	inside
inside	the
the	organ
organ	heart
heart	They
They	state
state	Through
Through	years
years	of
of	Zen
Zen	meditation
meditation	practice
practice	practitioners
practitioners	have
have	their
their	brain
brain	functions
functions	totally
totally	reformed
reformed	into
into	a
a	so
so	called
called	detached
detached	brain
brain	dominated
dominated	by
by	the
the	spiritual
spiritual	heart
heart	Individuals
Individuals	who
who	are
are	in
in	recovery
recovery	from
from	drug
drug	abuse
abuse	also
also	may
may	experience
experience	problems
problems	with
with	their
their	autonomic
autonomic	nervous
nervous	system
system	the
the	system
system	responsible
responsible	for
for	the
the	control
control	of
of	the
the	bodily
bodily	functions
functions	that
that	are
are	not
not	consciously
consciously	directed
directed	like
like	breathing
breathing	heartbeat
heartbeat	and
and	digestive
digestive	processes
processes	Researchers
Researchers	have
have	found
found	that
that	minute
minute	Zen
Zen	meditation
meditation	sessions
sessions	have
have	shown
shown	significant
significant	improvement
improvement	in
in	autonomic
autonomic	nervous
nervous	system
system	function
function	in
in	patients
patients	Zen
Zen	meditation
meditation	also
also	improves
improves	mood
mood	and
and	a
a	better
better	mood
mood	can
can	be
be	key
key	to
to	helping
helping	people
people	with
with	a
a	drug
drug	addiction
addiction	resist
resist	the
the	temptation
temptation	to
to	use
use	again
again	The
The	researchers
researchers	also
also	found
found	that
that	Zen
Zen	meditation
meditation	enhances
enhances	the
the	hypothalamus
hypothalamus	and
and	frontal
frontal	lobe
lobe	functioning
functioning	which
which	improves
improves	self
self	control
control	and
and	helps
helps	people
people	overcome
overcome	addiction
addiction	Sixteen
Sixteen	out
out	of
of	participants
participants	in
in	the
the	study
study	said
said	they
they	experienced
experienced	cleaning
cleaning	and
and	rejuvenation
rejuvenation	of
of	body
body	and
and	mind
mind	after
after	a
a	minute
minute	Zen
Zen	meditation
meditation	session
session	Participants
Participants	also
also	reported
reported	scalp
scalp	tingling
tingling	whole
whole	body
body	heat
heat	and
and	feeling
feeling	cool
cool	Researchers
Researchers	who
who	use
use	Zen
Zen	meditation
meditation	as
as	a
a	treatment
treatment	say
say	it
it	impacts
impacts	regions
regions	of
of	the
the	brain
brain	that
that	help
help	individuals
individuals	successfully
successfully	go
go	through
through	detox
detox	and
and	the
the	recovery
recovery	process
process	How
How	to
to	Learn
Learn	It
It	There
There	are
are	many
many	ways
ways	to
to	learn
learn	more
more	about
about	Zen
Zen	meditation
meditation	including
including	audio
audio	programs
programs	online
online	videos
videos	online
online	learning
learning	programs
programs	and
and	books
books	devoted
devoted	to
to	the
the	subject
subject	You
You	also
also	might
might	find
find	a
a	Zen
Zen	meditation
meditation	class
class	so
so	you
you	can
can	learn
learn	from
from	an
an	instructor
instructor	Additionally
Additionally	there
there	are
are	a
a	variety
variety	of
of	meditation
meditation	retreats
retreats	that
that	last
last	anywhere
anywhere	from
from	a
a	weekend
weekend	to
to	a
a	month
month	or
or	more
more	Zen
Zen	meditation
meditation	retreats
retreats	are
are	especially
especially	popular
popular	with
with	tourists
tourists	in
in	China
China	who
who	want
want	to
to	learn
learn	the
the	practice
practice	in
in	a
a	Buddhist
Buddhist	temple
temple	So
So	depending
depending	on
on	your
your	interest
interest	needs
needs	and
and	budget
budget	there
there	are
are	plenty
plenty	of
of	ways
ways	to
to	find
find	a
a	program
program	that
that	will
will	help
help	you
you	learn
learn	Zen
Zen	meditation
meditation	techniques
techniques	Is
Is	Zen
Zen	Meditation
Meditation	Right
Right	for
for	You
You	When
When	it
it	comes
comes	to
to	meditation
meditation	it
it	s
s	important
important	to
to	find
find	which
which	type
type	is
is	best
best	suited
suited	for
for	you
you	Research
Research	shows
shows	that
that	Zen
Zen	meditation
meditation	doesn
doesn	t
t	always
always	turn
turn	out
out	to
to	be
be	a
a	favorite
favorite	In
In	fact
fact	sometimes
sometimes	it
it	s
s	near
near	the
the	bottom
bottom	of
of	the
the	list
list	In
In	a
a	study
study	college
college	students
students	spent
spent	seven
seven	days
days	practicing
practicing	a
a	specific
specific	type
type	of
of	meditation
meditation	over
over	the
the	course
course	of
of	four
four	weeks
weeks	At
At	the
the	end
end	of
of	the
the	study
study	they
they	were
were	asked
asked	to
to	rank
rank	the
the	meditation
meditation	practices
practices	in
in	order
order	of
of	personal
personal	preference
preference	Significantly
Significantly	more
more	participants
participants	ranked
ranked	Vipassana
Vipassana	mindfulness
mindfulness	and
and	Mantra
Mantra	meditation
meditation	as
as	higher
higher	than
than	Zen
Zen	and
and	Qigong
Qigong	Visualization
Visualization	A
A	Word
Word	From
From	Verywell
Verywell	Enjoying
Enjoying	your
your	meditation
meditation	practice
practice	is
is	key
key	to
to	sustaining
sustaining	it
it	over
over	a
a	long
long	time
time	If
If	you
you	try
try	Zen
Zen	meditation
meditation	and
and	it
it	isn
isn	t
t	right
right	for
for	you
you	don
don	t
t	discount
discount	all
all	types
types	of
of	meditation
meditation	Try
Try	another
another	type
type	until
until	you
you	find
find	one
one	that
that	s
s	best
best	suited
suited	for
for	you
you	Meditation
Meditation	for
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trustworthy	Lusnig
Lusnig	L
L	Radach
Radach	R
R	Mueller
Mueller	CJ
CJ	Hofmann
Hofmann	MJ
MJ	Zen
Zen	meditation
meditation	neutralizes
neutralizes	emotional
emotional	evaluation
evaluation	but
but	not
not	implicit
implicit	affective
affective	processing
processing	of
of	words
words	PLoS
PLoS	One
One	e
e	doi
doi	journal
journal	pone
pone	Sharma
Sharma	H
H	Meditation
Meditation	process
process	and
and	effects
effects	Ayu
Ayu	doi
doi	Krishnakumar
Krishnakumar	D
D	Hamblin
Hamblin	MR
MR	Lakshmanan
Lakshmanan	S
S	Meditation
Meditation	and
and	yoga
yoga	can
can	modulate
modulate	brain
brain	mechanisms
mechanisms	that
that	affect
affect	behavior
behavior	and
and	anxiety
anxiety	A
A	modern
modern	scientific
scientific	perspective
perspective	Anc
Anc	Sci
Sci	doi
doi	as
as	v
v	i
i	Pagnoni
Pagnoni	G
G	Cekic
Cekic	M
M	Guo
Guo	Y
Y	Thinking
Thinking	about
about	not
not	thinking
thinking	neural
neural	correlates
correlates	of
of	conceptual
conceptual	processing
processing	during
during	Zen
Zen	meditation
meditation	PLoS
PLoS	One
One	e
e	doi
doi	journal
journal	pone
pone	Andreasen
Andreasen	NC
NC	A
A	journey
journey	into
into	chaos
chaos	creativity
creativity	and
and	the
the	unconscious
unconscious	Mens
Mens	Sana
Sana	Monogr
Monogr	doi
doi	Strick
Strick	M
M	van
van	Noorden
Noorden	TH
TH	Ritskes
Ritskes	RR
RR	de
de	Ruiter
Ruiter	JR
JR	Dijksterhuis
Dijksterhuis	A
A	Zen
Zen	meditation
meditation	and
and	access
access	to
to	information
information	in
in	the
the	unconscious
unconscious	Conscious
Conscious	Cogn
Cogn	doi
doi	j
j	concog
concog	Lo
Lo	PC
PC	Tsai
Tsai	PH
PH	Kang
Kang	HJ
HJ	Miao
Miao	Tian
Tian	WJ
WJ	Cardiorespiratory
Cardiorespiratory	and
and	autonomic
autonomic	nervous
nervous	system
system	functioning
functioning	of
of	drug
drug	abusers
abusers	treated
treated	by
by	Zen
Zen	meditation
meditation	J
J	Tradit
Tradit	Complement
Complement	Med
Med	doi
doi	j
j	jtcme
jtcme	Burke
Burke	A
A	Comparing
Comparing	individual
individual	preferences
preferences	for
for	four
four	meditation
meditation	techniques
techniques	Zen
Zen	Vipassana
Vipassana	mindfulness
mindfulness	Qigong
Qigong	and
and	Mantra
Mantra	Explore
Explore	NY
NY	doi
doi	j
j	explore
explore	Additional
Additional	Reading
Reading	Ananthaswamy
Ananthaswamy	A
A	Zen
Zen	meditation
meditation	allows
allows	greater
greater	access
access	to
to	subliminal
subliminal	messages
messages	New
New	Scientist
Scientist	doi
doi	s
s	Dahl
Dahl	CJ
CJ	Lutz
Lutz	A
A	Davidson
Davidson	RJ
RJ	Reconstructing
Reconstructing	and
and	deconstructing
deconstructing	the
the	self
self	cognitive
cognitive	mechanisms
mechanisms	in
in	meditation
meditation	practice
practice	Trends
Trends	Cogn
Cogn	Sci
Sci	Regul
Regul	Ed
Ed	doi
doi	j
j	tics
tics	Related
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