What Lara Boyd has said about Meditation

1 quote · 1 episode · Oct 12, 2026

Lara Boyd, Neuroscientist and physical therapist, professor at the University of British Columbia and director of its Brain Behaviour Lab, has been quoted on Meditation once in 1 episode of The Mel Robbins Podcast, most recently on October 12, 2026. Each quote below is verbatim and links to the moment it was said.

In their words

Boyd describes a study in which yoga practitioners, unlike runners, engaged memory structures after amygdala activation in stressful situations.
“in those runners, that amygdala lit up like a fireball. And I felt kind of silly because in our participants who practiced yoga”
The Mel Robbins Podcast: #1 Neuroscientist: After Listening to This, Your Brain Will Not Be the Same (Oct 12, 2026) · Listen from 37:51

Episodes

#1 Neuroscientist: After Listening to This, Your Brain Will Not Be the Same
The Mel Robbins Podcast · Oct 12, 2026 · 1 h 15 min
Mel Robbins talks with UBC neuroscientist Lara Boyd about neuroplasticity, how struggle, sleep, exercise and stress reduction rewire the brain, and how to make learning stick.

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