Health&Wellness Magazine September 2014 | Page 12

12 & September 2014 | Read this issue and more at www.healthandwellnessmagazine.net | Like us @healthykentucky INTEGRATIVE MEDICINE Meditation for a Healthy Brain By John A. Patterson MD, MSPH, FAAFP There are good reasons why 20 million Americans meditated last year. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of meditators’ brains shows changes in the physical structure of the brain once considered impossible. This modern tool confirms what meditation traditions have claimed for thousands of years —meditation can change your brain, behavior and health in positive ways. MRI