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Apr 07 2012

Brain Waves: What's Your Meditation Frequency?

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Updated March 21, 2014. Measuring brain waves during meditation is a fairly new development. Scientists are trying to discover why meditation is able to help reduce stress and increase physical and emotional well-being. It’s been discovered that the meditator’s brain function is distinctly different from that of someone who doesn’t meditate. And furthermore, meditation not […]

Written by About Meditation · Categorized: Science & Research · Tagged: alpha, beta, brain wave activity during meditation, brain waves, delta, fMRI, theta

Apr 07 2012

Meditation in Schools Helps Lower Truancy

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Updated February 27, 2014. Surrounded by poverty and escalating violence, the children at Visitacion Valley Middle School in urban San Francisco were used to experiencing high levels of stress and fear. Not only was ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder) common, but some students also had PTSD (Post-Traumatic Stress Syndrome). To try and reduce the stress […]

Written by About Meditation · Categorized: Science & Research · Tagged: Edutopia, meditation helps lower truancy and suspensions, Visitacion Valley Middle School

Apr 07 2012

Meditation for Diabetes Control in Nebraska [Video]

Meditation for Diabetes: Watch the video about the Ho-Chunk Tribe’s Success. (7 mins) The people of the Ho-Chunk tribe on the Winnibago Reservation, Nebraska, have an abnormally high rate of diabetes. Through local health programs, they are benefiting from the positive health benefits of meditation. High blood pressure, stress and poor diet all contribute to the […]

Written by About Meditation · Categorized: Benefits of Meditation, Lifestyle, Stress and Relaxation · Tagged: diabetes at the Winnibago Reservation, Ho-Chunk tribe, transcendental meditation

Apr 07 2012

Meditation Therapy: Relieving the Stress of Change

Updated February 13, 2014. Watch this video on Meditation Therapy for Stress and Change (9 mins) In today’s fast paced world, we are constantly navigating change in our personal and professional lives. But how easily do we accept change? Can we adapt to changing circumstances that affect us very personally? Or do we hang on […]

Written by About Meditation · Categorized: Stress and Relaxation · Tagged: how to meditate, Jyotish Novak, Meditation Therapy for Stress and Change

Apr 06 2012

Meditation for Healing Arthritis

Updated February 25, 2014. Watch this video of Barbara Allan, author of “Conquering Arthritis.” She talks about good meditation versus bad meditation. (4 mins) At age 25 Barbara Allan became one of over 9.1 million people in the United States with an autoimmune-type arthritis. Her arthritis was triggered by bacterial dysentery caused by eating food tainted with […]

Written by About Meditation · Categorized: Beginner, Benefits of Meditation, Lifestyle · Tagged: bad mediation, Barbara Allan, Conquering Arthritis, good meditation

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