A new study finds that altered states of consciousness associated with yoga, meditation, mindfulness, and other practices are common, and mostly positive or even transformative, but that for some ...

In Newen and Montemayor’s evolutionary framework, basic arousal developed first. It’s like nature’s security alarm, warning ...

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Mindfulness training may lead participants to experience disembodiment and unity -- so-called altered states of consciousness -- according to a new study. Mindfulness training may lead participants to ...

We all know that time seems to pass at different speeds in different situations. For example, time appears to go slowly when we travel to unfamiliar places. A week in a foreign country seems much ...

Breathwork while listening to music may induce a blissful state in practitioners, accompanied by changes in blood flow to emotion-processing brain regions, according to a study published in the ...

There is a long history in the fields of psychology and psychiatry of using non-ordinary states of consciousness (sometimes referred to as altered states) to facilitate deep psychological work. These ...

A significant medical achievement was recorded at Sultan Qaboos University Hospital in the management of acute poisoning. A ...

A recent conversation on Reddit is all about an illustration from one of my books. It’s a diagram showing a 3D space with lots of different states of consciousness depicted as blobs floating in space.

A number of injuries have been reported across various Florida theme parks — including the Walt Disney World Resort, the Universal Orlando Resort and SeaWorld Orlando — in the second quarter of 2025.