If you're interested in a more stable, peaceful, or calm life, meditation and mindfulness may be a way to improve your sense of well being. WEMU's Lisa Barry talks with Michigan Medicine OB/GYN Dr. Frank Anderson, who also co-founded "Ann Arbor Open Meditation," about how a sense of awareness and being in the present moment can help you feel more balanced and choose to respond versus react in stressfulsituations.

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About Ann Arbor Open Meditation

Drop-in mindfulness meditation session, open to all, every Thursday 7:30-8:30 pm, atThe Lotus Center, 2711 Carpenter Road, Ann Arbor, MI.

Appropriate for beginners or experienced meditators.This a secular meditation group with no religious affiliation.The leaders vary from week to week and are experienced meditators from a variety of traditions, primarily Buddhist.

We predominantly teach mindfulness techniques with some concentration and loving kindness meditation. There are two 20-minute sittings the first is guided and the second is silent with time for short discussion and questions.

Guided Body Scan Meditation by Dr. Frank Anderson

Click below to hear a "Guided Body Scan Meditation" with Frank Anderson.

If you wish to contact Dr. Anderson, send him an e-mail here.

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Lisa Barry is the host of All Things Considered on WEMU. You can contact Lisa at 734.487.3363, on Twitter@LisaWEMU, or email her atlbarryma@emich.edu

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Art & Soul: The Art Of Well Being - The Merits Of Meditation And Mindfulness - WEMU