Vocabulary

• used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
• found out: To learn or discover something, often after some effort.
• depending on: To rely on for support (financial or emotional)
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• as a result of: Because of something; owing to.
• slow down: To reduce the speed
• such as: For example; like
• on the other hand : Considering a different aspect of the matter; alternatively.
• in relation to: Concerning; with reference to; regarding.
• in essence: Used to summarize the main point.
• over time: Gradually; as time passes.
• recovery from: The process of regaining health or strength after an illness or injury.
• social bonds: The connections and relationships between individuals in a society that promote cohesion and mutual support.
• no matter: Regardless of; it does not matter.
• rather than: More exactly; more correctly
• put off: To take off, e.g. clothing
• meditation: Act of deep and quiet thinking
• mental: Concerning the mind
• practice: The office and place for legal or medical work
• description: Explanation of what something is like, looks like
• matter: To be of great importance; to count
• term: Conditions applying to an agreement, contract
• cultivate: To grow plants, crops etc.
• experience: Thing a person has done or that happened to them
• compelling: To force someone to do something
• positive: Showing agreement or support for something
• structure: The way in which the parts of a system or object are arranged or organized, or a system arranged in this way
• tend: To move or act in a certain manner
• compassion: Feeling of wanting to help suffering people
• cortex: The outer part of an organ/structure, e.g. brain
• psychological: Concerning the study of the mind
• reinforce: To send more troops/resources to support an army
• develop: To explain something in steps and in detail
• meditate: To think deeply and quietly to calm your spirit
• script: Written text of a book, play, film, or speech
• represent: To depict art objects, figures, scenes; to portray
• stress: To emphasize one or more parts of a word, sentence
• environment: Natural world in which plants and animals live
• research: To study in order to discover new ideas and facts
• increase: To make or become larger in size or amount
• psychologist: An expert who studies the mind and behavior
• exercise: To work out to become stronger and healthier
• establish: To set or create something to last for a long time
• brain: To strike someone forcefully on the head
• inspire: To give someone an idea to do or make something
• adapt: To change something for a different function
• response: Something said/written as an answer to something
• behavior: The way a person or thing acts; manner
• hippocampus: A part of the brain that is part of the limbic system and is important for memory
• region: Part of a country, of the world, area, etc.
• attention: Taking notice of someone or something
• form: Sports team or person's current winning record
• substantial: (Of a meal) able to satisfy your hunger; filling
• consolidate: To combine into one; make bigger or stronger
• amygdala: Almond-shaped structure in the brain's anterior
• shape: The outer form of something, what it looks like
• mindfulness: Paying attention to your responsibilities
• mind: To be bothered or upset by something
• suggest: To mention something that could be done; propose
• generosity: Giving or sharing things freely with others
• mindful: Bearing in mind; attentive to
• formation: Process of creating; making a particular shape
• decrease: To reduce the size, amount or number of something
• spatial: About space
• attend: To take care of someone in need
• resonance: Continuing to make a loud clear deep sound
• degrade: To reduce in amount or strength
• temporal: Concerning time
• lofty: Having high goals
• datum: Item of factual information
• terminate: To bring something to and end or finish
• yoga: Exercise system to gain suppleness and tranquility
• unhappiness: Feeling of sadness
• meditator: Someone thinking in a deep quiet reflective manner