The Neuroscience of Awakening
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- Dr. Helen Lavretsky’s landmark Kirtan Kriya study found that just 12 minutes/day of chanting meditation over 8 weeks measurably rewired the brain, improved cognition and resilience, and reversed markers of aging in dementia caregivers.
- Dr. Helen Lavretsky’s new book, Living from the Soul: The Neuroscience of Spiritual Awakening, addresses patients experiencing intense physical and psychological symptoms of “spiritual emergence” — often misdiagnosed as purely psychiatric illness.
- Dr. Helen Lavretsky is helping lead the “Brain Capital”/brain health economic resilience movement, including UCLA’s Brain Health Summit, work with the American Heart Association, and testimony to the UN on brain health as a human right.
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