Mindfulness
Tibetan teacher Mingyur Rinpoche explains, when you meditate, you are giving your mind a job-and gradually, as the mind becomes more and more familiar with its job, a natural and powerful transformation occurs.
Garchen Rinpoche teaching on the practice of Meditation:
Shamatha - Calm Abiding
Vipassana -Special Insight
Daniel Goleman: Co-author of the book Altered Traits is a neuroscientist, Richard Davidson has a lab at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Brain scans show meditation can actually change the size of key regions of our brain, improving our memory and making us more empathetic, compassionate, and resilient under stress.