Incorporating meditation into your work day is a great way to focus your efforts and achieve peace in what could be a stressful atmosphere. Meditating has proven stress relieving benefits. Here are some useful tips from Medimanage.com. How to Meditate at Work: 1. Use the tiniest of breaks to focus: When you are […]
Develop Your Capacity for Emotional Control
Updated March 25, 2014. A study by UCLA psychologist, Matthew Lieberman, shows how meditation works. Psychologists have long believed that if you talk about your feelings, you’re generally better at controlling them. However, not so long ago, they didn’t understand why. Meditation techniques are designed to help people pay attention to their emotions without attaching strong reactions […]
Brain Waves: What's Your Meditation Frequency?
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 […]
Meditation in Schools Helps Lower Truancy
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 […]
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 […]