Practicing Tai Chi boosts immune system in older adults
Tai Chi :: Practicing Tai Chi boosts immune system in older adults Tai chi chih, the Westernized version of the 2,000-year-old Chinese martial art characterized by slow movement and meditation, significantly boosts the immune systems of older adults against the virus that leads to the painful, blistery rash known as shingles, according to a new [...]
Drug-free treatments offer hope for older people in pain
Older :: Drug-free treatments offer hope for older people in pain Mind-body therapies, which focus on the interactions between the mind, body and behavior, and the ways in which emotional, mental, social and behavioral factors can affect health, may be of particular benefit to elderly chronic pain sufferers. A new study published in Pain Medicine [...]
Yoga helps people keep weight off in middle age
Obesity :: Yoga helps people keep weight off in middle age The slow stretches and meditations of yoga don’t burn calories like a run on the treadmill. But a new study suggests it might help people keep weight off in middle age. Researchers found that overweight people in their 50s who regularly practiced yoga lost [...]
Zen and the Brain – Understanding of Meditation n Consciousness
Meditation :: Zen and the Brain – Understanding of Meditation n Consciousness Aldous Huxley called humankind’s basic trend toward spiritual growth the “perennial philosophy.” According to James Austin, the trend implies a “perennial psychophysiology”–for awakening, or enlightenment, occurs only because the human brain undergoes substantial changes. What are the peak experiences of enlightenment? How could [...]
Transcendental meditation reduces congestive heart failure
Meditation :: Transcendental meditation reduces congestive heart failure A widely practiced, stress-reducing meditation technique significantly decreases the severity of congestive heart failure, according to a first-of-its-kind randomized study published in Ethnicity & Disease (Winter 2007). Researchers from the University of Pennsylvania evaluated 23 African American men and women, average age 64, who were recently hospitalized [...]
Therapeutic value of meditation unproven
Meditation :: Therapeutic value of meditation unproven “There is an enormous amount of interest in using meditation as a form of therapy to cope with a variety of modern-day health problems, especially hypertension, stress and chronic pain, but the majority of evidence that seems to support this notion is anecdotal, or it comes from poor [...]
The Almighty Breath – swara yoga
Meditation :: The Almighty Breath – swara yoga Would you like to know how to meditate better? How to be more effective when addressing an important personage? How to change a mood or feeling? How to be in rhythm with the universe through the day? Well, believe it or not, the answer lies in the [...]
Mindfulness meditation for stress
Meditation :: Mindfulness meditation for stress Think about how many times you do that during a busy day. Now, think about how before that breath has even left your body, your mind has already begun to move on to its next distraction. The calming effects of the deep breath rush out as your brain gets [...]
Mental and emotional benefits from meditation
Meditation :: Mental and emotional benefits from meditation A majority of the benefits are mental and emotional. You begin to value yourself more, you don’t feel like a victim of your state of mind, you sleep better, and so on. People who meditate regularly have less hospital visits and doctor visits than other people. Your [...]
