** The older we get, the more our bodies age. The more we may need an external boost to keep our hair looking shiny, youthful, and full! Collagen for hair increases the body’s amino acid proteins which are used to build keratin. The results? Longer, fuller, and thicker hair. You likely know about collagen for its use in skincare regimens. The same ingredient that promises to reduce wrinkles and improve skin elasticity can positively affect thinking hair....

During sessions, a yoga teacher and sign language interpreter work together to lead students through basic yoga poses. The students, who are between 15 and 17 years old, practice breathing and moving together as a group. “Yoga is about the mind-body spirit connection,” says .Peg Higgins, the administrative assistant at the school who introduced the program. “It gets their minds focused away from the self. This is helping to break the barriers of poor communication with the world....

Pro tip: It is important to remember that balance is key when wearing protective styles. You should be giving your natural hair a break in between using protective styles that involve extensions. Leaving a protective style with extensions in for too long, or having too many back-to-back protective hairstyles with extensions, may cause hair breakage. For the best results, most stylists recommend waiting 2-3 weeks in between wearing protective styles that involve extensions....

The Center for Investigating Healthy Minds is America’s leading lab studying the effects of meditation on the brain. Davidson says that studying people who do systematic mental training like meditation helps neuroscientists learn more about what the human mind is capable of. One of the things the laboratory is studying is how mindfulness can increase the brain’s powers of attention and its ability to respond more flexibly to stressful events.The center held its grand opening on November 1....

We know that meditation and mindfulness are consistently linked to reductions in stress, anxiety and psychological distress. But, despite this emerging research, we still know little about the brain mechanisms and processes associated with these positive effects. Prior neuroimaging studies point to increased activity in a part of the brain called the anterior cingulate cortex (ACC), a structure involved in emotional regulation and cognitive control, as one potential avenue for inquiry....