Previous imaging work has shown that mindfulness can reduce activity in the brain's default mode network, the areas that are "on" when we're not doing anything in particular, but just allowing our brains to roam from thought to thought.
There are dozens of other epiphanies and thoughts roaming throughout those pages, and so the best way to get the full flavor is just to pick up a used copy and dive in.
Often I stayed up all night, the quiet hours slipping past and my thoughts roaming free as a new dress or skirt or jacket took shape, as I grappled with -- and ultimately accepted -- the imperfections and idiosyncrasies, in the same way we work to make a life.
You say, "my mind is wandering," as if you and your mind were separate, as if your thoughts were roaming around by themselves.
Mostly he let his thoughts roam over fanciful escape plans.
Mr. Lanier nominally takes on the vast cyberentities he calls Siren Servers, but his thoughts roam way beyond the dark sides of Facebook and Google.
This is the act of stopping what we are doing, quietly laying by ourselves, and letting our thoughts roam free.
"Chelsea is such a private person, and she hates the thought of people roaming around with cameras," said one Clinton family friend who, like other guests, spoke only on condition of anonymity.
The thought of seeing Cabrera roaming Comerica Park's gaping power alleys may make Tigers fans shudder.
There is Becky, talking aloud to herself with no control of the roaming voices she says are tormenting her thoughts, her fingers badly bent from diabetes.
