Check your subscription status, update your details and more. If you’re trying to avoid the worst of cold and flu season, looking after your mind can help shape your immune system, finds columnist David Robson Mindfulness can help your immune system fight off the sniffles The threat seems to be everywhere. On the tube, on the bus, as I the queue for coffee, I find that I am surrounded by coughs and sneezes, spreading diseases. **Read more** Too busy to meditate?
Microdosing mindfulness has big health benefits I eat healthily, exercise and try to get 8 hours of sleep to fend off the dreaded lurgy. It is only recently, however, that I started wondering whether our mental life might also play a part in our body’s defences. And the more I dug into the available literature, the more convinced I have become that it is critical.
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