Mindfulness and Neuroplasticity

​One of the most important scientific breakthroughs in recent years that supports mindfulness practice is neuroplasticity - the brain’s ability to change through learning and experience.  Before the understanding of neuroplasticity the brain was thought to be fixed after childhood and deteriorated with age.  Scientific studies now indicate that this is not true and that the brain can continue to develop throughout the lifespan by creating new neural pathways or inhibiting ones that are not useful. Neuroplastic therapies like mindfulness offer hope to people suffering from brain related disorders like depression, anxiety and other mental health problems because they do actually change the brain over time.

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