Research shows meditation has all sorts of terrific health benefits, including reducing anxiety, treating depression and PTSD, improving sleep and focus, among others. I have been meditating for about 8 years and it has dramatically improved my life. 

 

Leela is a meditation game created by Deepak Chopra with the help of game designer Eric Zimmerman. It’s more a gamified meditation lesson than a game and it’s really terrific.  You can play it on Wii and Xbox 360 Kinect. Leela uses the Kinect motion sensor to recognize whether you are breathing properly and teaches a bunch of lovely meditation techniques, some involving movement, some sitting still while Deepak Chopra’s soothing voice guides you thru a meditation. Leela is a great tool for people who might be interested in learning meditation from home. It’s also great for experienced meditators since it has a ton of longer, more advanced meditations, too. Another meditation tool I can recommend is Guided Meditation VR.

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Resource:

 

• Check out UC Berkeley's excellent online course The Science of Happiness.

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If you know of a great resource you think should be added, let me know!

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