12/22/2025
Here is the science behind meditation. The changes are the result of taking advantage of the brain’s neuroplasticity.
Neuroplasticity is the brain's ability to physically reorganize itself by forming new neural connections. With consistent practice, these pathways are reinforced. (This is also how traumatic experiences conditioned your brain in the first place).
During meditation, you activate the prefrontal cortex (the logical, grown up, stabilizing brain) while quieting the amygdala (the child-like, fear-based, protection-driven response center).
Over time, meditation the literally changes many brain structures: the pre-frontal cortex, the amygdala, the hippocampus (memory), the insula, etc. The regions associated with emotional regulation expand and the stress-reactive regions shrink.