Have you ever reacted in ways you promised you wouldn't? This episode of the Jade Dragon Podcast explains neuroplasticity — how the brain reorganizes through repetition, shaping habits, emotions, and stress responses — and why change is possible throughout life.

Host David Hastings Lloyd covers how attention, repetition, and mental rehearsal reshape neural circuits, the role of the frontal lobe in interrupting automatic reactions, and practical implications for building lasting behavioral change.

Explore how decades of daily Zazen show up in the brain. This episode compares pioneering 1966 EEG recordings of Zen monks with modern 2025 studies, revealing consistent alpha and theta signatures that mark a calm, attentive baseline. Long-term practice, the research suggests, transforms meditation from a temporary state into a lasting trait of the mind.

On this episode of the Jade Dragon Podcast we review Robert McGee’s 2025 paper showing that Tai Chi and Qigong can support recovery for breast, lung, and colorectal cancer patients by reducing fatigue and inflammation and improving mood, sleep, cognition, and physical function.

These low-impact, accessible practices act as moving meditation and autonomic regulators, offering a safe, non‑pharmacological adjunct to conventional care; the evidence is promising but larger, longer trials are still needed.