If you're looking to multitask your willpower training, try walking meditation. A 2009 study by researchers at the University of Exeter, UK, found that walking for 15 minutes decreased cravings among smokers, and a 2010 at the University of Virginia study found that two weeks of regular exercise induced brain changes that suppressed cravings, and reduced drug-seeking behavior, in cocaine-addicted rats. Many studies have shown that meditation has a similar effect, reshaping the brain to have greater attention, emotion regulation, and self-control.
The following walking meditation is one of my students' favorite willpower training techniques because it can make you feel so much better immediately, even as it supports long-term changes in the body and brain. (MORE)
Source: Psychology Today
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