How Mindfulness Can Help You Break Unhealthy Habits

Hugh Byrne gave this dharma talk on Mar 21, 2017 at the Insight Meditation Community of Charlottesville. Habits—the ways we regularly think, feel and act—flow on super-efficient pathways in the brain formed by their repetition over time. Similar to automatic reflexes, habit patterns handle nearly half of our daily activities, from brushing our teeth to driving a car. While some of these habits are necessary and helpful, some are unhealthy and even harmful. For more information, please visit: imeditation.org