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 ...

When you hear the words “altered state of consciousness” you may think of bellbottoms, hippies, and LSD. But some altered states have nothing to do with drugs and are more important than we may think.

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 ...

Meditation is known for bringing practitioners a sense of peace, but it can also expose your repressed inner self, causing a destabilizing feeling. Meditation changes the way your brain filters ...

Two thousand years ago, ancient Egyptians were sipping mugs of a potion that caused them to enter an altered state of consciousness, in hopes of divine connection and healing. Archeologists made the ...

John Kounios, PhD, professor in the College of Arts and Sciences, was quoted in a June 13 Popular Mechanics article about how to access and practice the flow state.

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 ...