meditation

Neuroscientist touts benefits of meditation for kids Richard Davidson will speak at UBC Friday at noon on his new co-authored book, The Emotional Life of Your Brain By GORDON HOEKSTRA, Vancouver Sun - February 15, 2012 7:35 PM A sagital slice of the head shows everything from the...

Question: How important is meditation as a spiritual path in your faith? Rev. GEOFFREY KERSLAKE is a priest of the Roman Catholic archdiocese of Ottawa. Christian meditation is not something new or a fad. Rather, it is a valued prayer form that goes back 1700 or more years to the hermits...

Zen Brain: Exploring The Connection Between Neuroscience And Meditation by ROSHI JOAN HALIFAX This past August, more than 50 people gathered in the Circle of the Way temple at Upaya Zen Center in Santa Fe, New Mexico, to explore the connection between neuroscience and meditation. This is the...

I want to ask all of you, can you FEEL the singh in you? The passion, the untamed power, the strength, and the spirit? You know what I mean. Tell me please, where does it come from? How does it feel? What do you want to do with it...? Ill share my own later in this thread aswell. People do...

Hi all, My question is, does being a Sikh, allow things such as watching the mind, or watching the watcher. I'm not too sure if it's vipassana meditation? Also enquiring, "Who am I?" from Ramana Maharshi. Which directs you from the mind to the source, inside you, the atman, ever present...

by Lisa Cleary For a second, close your eyes and picture this: 70,000 people from around the world assembled in mass meditation, sitting shoulder-to-shoulder in a shared moment of silence, their eyes closed and minds free from any cultural or religious differences. Earlier today...

Apr 06, 2011 How meditation reduces pain Wednesday - Apr 06, 2011, 03:38pm (GMT+5.5) Washington - A new research has shown that meditation produces powerful pain-relieving effects in the brain. "This is the first study to show that only a little over an hour of meditation...

Many hold that simply reading gurbani and not understanding a word is worthless. A while ago, I would have agreed that reading page after page without attempting to understand a word is a pointless task. But there is something to be gained through this practice. It is certainly beneficial to...

Many people look to Siddhartha Gautama as an example of someone who attained nirvana, a buddha. Every other week in this column we look at what it might be like if Siddhartha was on his spiritual journey today. How would he combine Buddhism and dating? How would he handle stress in the...

FOOD FOR THOUGHT: Benefits of Meditation for Children One of the main things that can cause a child to become highly irritable and very hostile towards anybody, even to their own parents, is when they experience a lot of stress. When a child becomes stressed, their level of tolerance and...

One of the 3 pillars of the Sikh faith is Naam Japo, or doing meditation and prayer. The jap or recitation of a mantra, dhyan or silent contemplation, singing of hymns composed by the Gurus, reading from the Sri Guru Granth Sahib, the Holy Book are all different forms of meditation and prayer...

A prayer used some 2,000 years ago, still in use by monks and nuns in far away caves and monasteries but mostly unknown to the rest of the world, is the subject of a new documentary feature film and book. It's called Mysteries of the Jesus Prayer and focuses on a prayer thought to have first...

Brain Waves and Meditation ScienceDaily : — Forget about crystals and candles, and about sitting and breathing in awkward ways. Meditation research explores how the brain works when we refrain from concentration, rumination and intentional thinking. Electrical brain waves suggest that mental...

source: Why Meditate?: Five Benefits of Practicing Meditation Why Meditate? Five Benefits of Practicing Meditation Martin Bohn A regular meditation practice can have many beneficial results on different levels such as health, well-being, mind, brain and spirit. Meditation is one...

The Hindu : Health / Fitness : Techies told to turn to yoga, meditation to beat stress Turn to yoga and meditation at work place to beat stress levels and fight health blues, says an IT industry veteran to techies. Impressed by the value yoga adds in his own company in terms enhancing...

Meditation vacations: Take a walk on the mild side Chantal Eustace, Canwest News Service Published: Tuesday, September 29, 2009 To fully appreciate why Machu Picchu, Peru is one of the so-called wonders of the world, it’s best to put on a good pair...

The Difference between Meditation and Prayer Many people think that meditation and prayer are pretty much the same - but they are different. The basic idea behind most forms of meditation is to focus the mind on turning inward, to pay attention to your inner self and center your consciousness...

Meditation for Children Even young children can benefit from learning to share a few moments of sacred time with their parents, and even if they do not understand such abstract words as 'opening the heart' or 'God' with their minds, can feel the feeling that these words carry. All parents...

This thread is specially opened to discuss and/or debate the necessity of Yoga in Sikhism.Among the issues discussed here are:- What is meant by Yoga ? Is Yoga originated from Hinduism ? Existence of Yog or Jog in other civilisations/eras. Relationship of Yoga and the Union with God. The...

http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20080327/meditation_study_080327/20080327?hub=TopStories Meditation can lead to greater compassion: study Mar. 27 2008 CTV.ca News Staff It seems that people can acquire the ability to feel emotions such as kindness and compassion, just...