Season’s Greetings from the McGovern Institute
May the spirit of mindfulness bring you peace in the year ahead.
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This year’s holiday greeting (video above) was inspired by research conducted in John Gabrieli’s lab, which found that practicing mindfulness reduced children’s stress levels and negative emotions during the pandemic. These findings contribute to a growing body of evidence that practicing mindfulness can change patterns of brain activity associated with emotions and mental health.
Coloring is one form of mindfulness, or focusing awareness on the present. Visit our postcard collection to download and color your own brain-themed postcards and may the spirit of mindfulness bring you peace in the year ahead!
Video credits:
Joseph Laney (illustration)
JR Narrows, Space Lute (sound design)
Jacob Pryor (animation)
